Yemima Avidar-Tchernovitz

{{Short description|Israeli author of modern Hebrew children's literature}}

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| name = Yemima Tchernovitz-Avidar

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| birth_place = Vilnius, Russian Empire

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| education = University of Berlin
University of Vienna

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| spouse = Yosef Rochel (Avidar)

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| awards = *1984 Israel Prize for children's literature

• 1992 Yakir Yerushalaim Award

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Yemima Avidar-Tchernovitz ({{langx|he|ימימה אבידר-טשרנוביץ}}; October 8, 1909 – March 20, 1998) was an Israeli author whose works became classics of modern Hebrew children's literature.{{cite encyclopedia | url =https://jwa.org/encyclopedia/article/tchernovitz-avidar-yemima | title =Yemima Tchernovitz-Avidar | first =Rama | last =Zuta | date = | encyclopedia =Jewish Women: A Comprehensive Historical Encyclopedia | publisher =Jewish Women's Archive | language = }} Born in Vilna, Lithuania, in 1909, she arrived in Palestine in 1921, at the age of 12.

A teacher and school principal, she also worked in children's radio with Kol Yerushalayim, with the Nursery School Teachers' Theater and on the editorial board of Dvar HaPo’elet. One of her most famous pupils was the actor Chaim Topol. Her books for children are foundational in the sippurei havurah (band-of-friends) genre and were among the earliest based on the ordinary lives of children.{{cite encyclopedia | url =http://jwa.org/encyclopedia/article/childrens-literature-in-hebrew | title =Children's Literature in Hebrew | first =Celina | last =Mashiach | date = | encyclopedia =Jewish Women: A Comprehensive Historical Encyclopedia | publisher =Jewish Women's Archive | language = }} In addition to her original works, she translated other works into Hebrew.

Among her honors are the Israel Prize for children's literature (1984) and the Yakir Yerushalaim award (1992).{{cite web |url=http://cms.education.gov.il/EducationCMS/Units/PrasIsrael/Tashmag/Tashnab_Tashmag_Rikuz.htm?DictionaryKey=Tashmad |title=Israel Prize recipients in 1984 (in Hebrew)|publisher=Israel Prize Official Site}}{{cite web|url=http://www.jerusalem.muni.il/jer_main/TopSiteJeru.asp?newstr=3&src=/jer_sys/publish/HtmlFiles/1030/results_pub_id=12594.html&cont=895|title=Yakir Yerushalaim recipients in 1992 (in Hebrew)|publisher=The Jerusalem Municipality website|access-date=2019-08-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131022034528/http://www.jerusalem.muni.il/jer_main/TopSiteJeru.asp?newstr=3&src=%2Fjer_sys%2Fpublish%2FHtmlFiles%2F1030%2Fresults_pub_id%3D12594.html&cont=895|archive-date=2013-10-22|url-status=dead}}