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Agi (Agnes) Mishol (1947 – ) is a Hungarian-born Israeli poet, the only daughter of Holocaust survivors.
Agi MisholAgi Mishol was born in Transylvania (Romania) in 1947 to Holocaust-survivor parents, and came to Israel in 1951. Mishol’s family immigrated to Israel when she was four. Her parents ran a grocery store in Gedera and spoke mainly Hungarian at home. Mishol holds a BA in literature from Ben-Gurion University of the Negev and an MA in Hebrew literature from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.She has an MA in Hebrew literature from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. The caring mentor of young poets, Mishol is poet-in-residence at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and also teaches creative writing at Alma College.
Mishol is married to Giora Fried and lives on a farm in Kfar Mordechai. They have two children, Maya and Uri.
She has served as artistic director of the International Poets Festival in Jerusalem and has represented Israel at literary events in the U.S.A, Germany, Macedonia, Turkey, and Ireland, among others. She has also translated the work of many poets into Hebrew. In her free time, she grows peach and persimmon trees in the village where she lives. Mishol has published more than ten books of poetry and is included in anthologies around the world. Among her literary awards: the Tel Aviv Foundation Award (1991), the inaugural Yehuda Amichai Poetry Prize (2002), the Prime Minister`s Prize, and the Dolitzky Prize for Poetry (2007).
Mishol runs poetry workshops at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev and Alma College in Tel Aviv. She has won the Tel Aviv Foundation Award (1991), the Yehuda Amichai Poetry Prize (2002), the Prime Minister’s Prize, and the Dolitzky Prize for Poetry (2007).
