Creator Bio
Moshe Dor
1932–2016
The poet and translator Moshe Dor was a founding member of Likrat, the first group of Israeli poets who broke demonstratively with the diction, pathos, and collectivist ethos of Shlonsky and Alterman. Born in Tel Aviv, Dor served in the Haganah before heading to university. He was awarded the Bialik Prize in 1987.
Entries in the Posen Library by This Creator
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Evening of Roses
Evening of roses
Let us go out to the orchard
Myrrh, perfumes, and frankincense
A threshold at your foot.
Night falls slowly
And the rose-wind blows
Let me sing to you in a soft whisper
A song of…