15 Facts About Mordechai Geldman

Mordechai Geldman was an Israeli poet, non-fiction writer, artist, art critic and curator, and psychologist.

Mordechai Geldman's poems were translated into many languages, including the collection Years I Walked at Your Side published in 2018 by SUNY Press.

Mordechai Geldman received awards including the Bialik Prize for his life achievements.

Mordechai Geldman's family immigrated to Israel in 1949 and settled in Tel Aviv, where he lived ever since.

Mordechai Geldman studied world literature and clinical psychology at Bar Ilan University.

Mordechai Geldman published 18 poetry books, a book of short stories, and six non-fiction books.

Mordechai Geldman's poems were translated into many languages, including Chinese and Japanese.

Mordechai Geldman's book Becoming One was translated into Portuguese and published in Portugal in 2017.

Mordechai Geldman's poetry has many aspects, including lyrical, philosophical, sensual, erotic, religious and ironic.

Mordechai Geldman was a representative of poetry from Israel at international events such as the Biennale of Poetry in Liege, Belgium, in 1995, the Israeli Cultural Season in France in 1998, the Second Tokyo Poetry Festival in 2011, and the poetry festival LiFFt in Baku, Azerbaijan, in 2019.

Mordechai Geldman's photographs were exhibited at such places as the Tel Aviv Museum of Art.

Mordechai Geldman was an art critic of the Israeli daily Haaretz, and curated exhibitions for many Israeli artists.

Mordechai Geldman was a poet with a unique and extraordinary voice.

Mordechai Geldman's language of poetry was a work of thought of the various stages of the Hebrew language embedded in pearls of world poetry, especially European and Western poetry for the generations he knew well.

Mordechai Geldman was a multidisciplinary artist, engaged in painting and drawing, photography and sculpture.