Yair Hurvitz

Yair Hurvitz (Hebrew: יאיר הורביץ; 1941–1988^[1]), also known as Yair Horowitz,^[2] was an Israeli poet who began publishing poetry in the 1960s, he was a member of the "Tel Aviv Poets" group.^[3] His poems mark a return to the tradition of Haim Nachman Bialik. According to literary critic, Ariel Hirschfeld, a poem by Hurvitz comes close "to an invocation, to the creation of a visionary world by means of the word."^[4]

Funeral of the poet Yona Wallach. Photo shows: Yair Hurvitz participating the funeral.

He died in 1988 at the age of 47 from the heart disease that had plagued him since childhood.^[5]