Tirtza Atar

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Tirtza Atar ({{langx|he|תרצה אתר}}, also Tirza Atar; birth name: Tirtza Alterman) (January 27, 1941–September 8, 1977) was an Israeli poet, songwriter, playwright, actress, and translator.[https://www.ithl.org.il/writer/tirtza-atar/ Tirtza Atar תרצה אתר][https://kneller.co.il/tirza-atar/?lang=en Tirza Atar (Estate)][https://library.osu.edu/projects/hebrew-lexicon/00847.php תרצה אתר (1941–1977)]

She was born in Tel Aviv to the family of the Israeli poet and journalist Nathan Alterman and theater actress Rachel Marcus.

She died after falling out of a window of her home. The official investigation concluded that she became dizzy and lost her balance while leaning outside over a low windowsill to talk to the workers who were noisy.Hadar ben Yehuda, [https://blog.nli.org.il/tirza_atar_last_song/ הַכֹּל נִגְמַר – השיר האחרון של תרצה אתר], January 25, 2018

Works

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=Prize winners=

Her children's book Ya'el Takes a Walk, which Atar wrote for her daughter Ya'el ({{lang|he|"יעל מטיילת"}}, 1971) received the 1973 {{ill|Ze'ev Prize|he|פרס זאב לספרות ילדים ונוער}} for children's and youth literature.[https://www.nli.org.il/he/newspapers/dav/1972/11/03/01/article/170?&dliv=none&e=-------he-20--1--img-txIN%7ctxTI--------------1 פרס זאב לתרצה אתר ולנתו ימתו], Davar, November 3, 1972 A story from the book, {{ill|The Lion Who Loved Strawberries|he|האריה שאהב תות}} (Ha'aryeh she'ahav tot), was republished in 2003 and was a national bestseller for 116 weeks.

In 1970 her song "Pit'om Achshav, Pit'om HaYom" {{ill|Suddenly Now, Suddenly Today|he|פתאום עכשיו, פתאום היום}}, a song about a young man in love, performed by Shlomo Artzi, was the winner of the Israel Song Festival[https://www.nli.org.il/he/newspapers/mar/1970/05/12/01/article/21?&dliv=none&e=-------he-20--1--img-txIN%7ctxTI--------------1 שיר על צעיר מאוהב - ראשון בפסטיבל הזמר השמיני בבירה], Maariv, May 12, 1970[https://www.maariv.co.il/culture/music/Article-775191 הסיפור מאחורי הלהיט הראשון של שלמה ארצי, שכמעט חמק ממנו], Maariv, July 3, 2020

In 1970 her song {{ill|I Dream of Naomi|he|אני חולם על נעמי}} ("Ani Cholem al Naomi") sung by the duo Hedva and David won the first place at the Yamaha Song Festival Tokyo, Japan.[https://www.nli.org.il/he/newspapers/dav/1970/12/11/01/article/195?&dliv=none&e=-------he-20--1--img-txIN%7ctxTI--------------1, חדווז ודוד י חולמים על נעמי], Davar, December 11, 1970 Its Japanese version ナオミの夢 "Naomi no Yume" was sold between one and three million copies, becoming the gold record. It was placed second on the 1971 Israeli Annual Hebrew Song Chart.

=Other=

She translated over 30 plays from English to Hebrew.

The complete list of her works may be found at her webpage of The New Hebrew Literature Lexicon

About

In 2015 {{ill|Ari Davidovich|he|ארי דוידוביץ'}} produced a documentary {{lang|he|תרצה אתר: ציפור בחדר}}, which won the yury award at the 2015 Haifa International Film Festival.
{{ill|Gundula Schiffer|de}}, Tirza Atar: Wenn alles berührt. Eine Biografie der Dichterin in Essays und Übersetzungen, Edition Karo, Berlin 2019, ISBN 978-3-945961-09-4