Background
Ruebner was born Kurt Rübner in 1924 in Bratislava, Czechoslovakia (now the capital of Slovakia) to a German-speaking Jewish family.
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Career
In 1941, he emigrated to Mandate Palestine without his family, and joined a kibbutz. Foreign many years he was a schoolteacher and later lectured on literature at Haifa University. His poetry blends classical and modern Hebrew, creating a unique idiom.
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Membership
Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Literatur. Deutsche Akademie für Sprache und Dichtung]
Following the Israel War of Independence, he became a member of Kibbutz Merhavia.
Awards
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Israel Prize In 2008, Ruebner was awarded the Israel Prize, for Hebrew poetry.
The Israel Prize (Hebrew: פרס ישראל) is an award handed out by the State of Israel and is generally regarded as the state's highest honor.The Israel Prize (Hebrew: פרס ישראל) is an award handed out by the State of Israel and is generally regarded as the state's highest honor.