Dahlia Ravikovitch

Dahlia Ravikovitch (born November 27, 1936, Ramat Gan; died August 21, 2005, Tel Aviv), was an Israeli poet, translator, lyricist and peace activist. In 1987 Ravikovitch was a co-recipient (jointly with Moshe Dor) of the Bialik Prize for literature. In 1998, she was awarded the Israel Prize for poetry and in 2005 she won the Prime Minister's Prize. Many of her poems have been set to music and become the basis of popular Israeli songs.