Amir Segal

Amir Akiva Segal (Hebrew: עמיר עקיבא סגל; born in 1980 in Tzippori) is an Israeli poet,^[1][2] literary critic, and sociologist.

Literary activity

Segal's poems have been published in several journals, inclulding "Iton 77", "Maayan" and "Mita'am",^[3][4] and Shvo.^[5]

He produced and presented the radio program "Shirat Mecha'a" at "All for Peace"^[6] radio station, dealing with Israeli protest songs and poetry.

He was editor and host of series of evenings "Song of Pain" that dealt with protest songs at Beit Avi Chai in Jerusalem.^[7]

Since 2013, he has published a weekly poetry review column in the Kav LaMoshav.^[8] Segal was named "the most important poetry critic in Israel today" by Ilan Berkovich.^[9]

Research in the field of migration

In the middle of 2023, Segal began serving as a research fellow at the Institute for Immigration and Social Integration at the Rupin Academic Center, as well as serving as a lecturer at the Israeli branch of the International University of Economics and Business. In the same year, he published two articles based on his doctoral dissertation, one of which dealt with Israeli baseball and the influence of immigrants from the United States on the assimilation of the game in Israel^[a]. The second one dealt with immigrants from the United States and Canada working in Israel as fundraisers ^[b].

Personal life

Segal is married to Anya Zhuravel Segal.^[10][11]

Books

• On My Return From the Reserves, Gvanim,^[12] 2008, poetry^[13]
• The Other Land, Iton 77^[14] Publishers, 2014, poetry^[15][16]

Awards

• Awarded the Rafi Farbman Young Poets Award in 2011.^[17]
• Recipient of the Harry Hershon literature award from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem in 2014.^[18]

Notes

1. Homeland Run: Israeli Baseball and American Transmigrants
2. Transnational Immigrants Encounter the Workplace: North American Jewish Migrants in Israel Who Work in Fundraising Transmigrants