Background
Aharon Amir was born on May 17, 1923, in Kaunas, Kauno Apskritis, Lithuania. He moved to Palestine with his family in 1933 and grew up in Tel Aviv. He was the son of Meir Lipec and Batia Lipec.
1936
Herzliya Hebrew High School
Aharon Amir
Hebrew University
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Aharon Amir was born on May 17, 1923, in Kaunas, Kauno Apskritis, Lithuania. He moved to Palestine with his family in 1933 and grew up in Tel Aviv. He was the son of Meir Lipec and Batia Lipec.
Aharon Amir attended Gymnasia Herzliya high school. At the time of the British Mandate in Palestine, while studying Arabic Language and Literature at the Hebrew University, he was a member of the Irgun and Lehi undergrounds as well as a founding member of the Canaanite movement (canaanism), which saw Hebrew or Israeli culture as defined by geographical location rather than religious affiliation.
Aharon Amir translated over 300 books into Hebrew and wrote his own poetry in Hebrew. He also translated works by Winston Churchill and Charles de Gaulle.
Aharon Amir founded and edited the literary magazine Keshet, which he closed in 1976 after eighteen years of publication to concentrate on his own writing. In 1998, the magazine was revived as The New Keshet.
Aharon Amir died of cancer on February 28, 2008, at the age of 85, and left his body to science.
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At the time of the British Mandate in Palestine, while studying Arabic Language and Literature at the Hebrew University, Amir was a member of the Irgun and Lehi underground.
Aharon Amir was married to Bettine, a poet, and painter. He had three children from a previous marriage.