Michal Snunit

b. 1940

Michal Snunit is a children’s author, poet, editor, and journalist. Born at Kibbutz En Haḥoresh, she now lives in Tel Aviv. In the 1960s, Snunit was the editor of a left-wing Zionist journal, Al hamishmar. Her Tsipor hanefesh (The Soul Bird) is among the most widely read Hebrew books. She received the 1993 International Award for Children’s Literature and the 2005 Prime Minister’s Prize for Literature.

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The Soul Bird

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Most important is to listen to the soul bird, because sometimes it calls us and we don’t hear it. This is a shame – it wants to tell us about ourselves. It wants to tell us about the feelings that…