Shlomo Tanai

Born in Bielsko, Poland, writer and journalist Shlomo Tanai (also spelled Tanny) immigrated to Palestine with his family at a young age. After training as a journalist in France and the United States, Tanai returned to Israel in the 1940s to help define a new generation of Israeli literature. He joined the staff of Haaretz in 1944, working as a war correspondent in 1948. In addition to his own prolific oeuvre as a poet, children’s author, and translator, Tanai worked widely as an editor of books and magazines.