Amichai Chasson | |
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Born | Ramat Gan, Israel | June 9, 1987
Occupation | Poet, writer, film director, screenwriter, curator |
Language | Hebrew |
Nationality | Israeli |
Education | Sam Spiegel Film and Television School |
Amichai Chasson (also Amichai Hasson, Hebrew: עמיחי חסון; born 1987) is an Israeli poet, curator and filmmaker.
Amichai Chasson born in Ramat Gan, Israel in 1987 into an Orthodox Jewish family. His father from Tripoli, Libya, and his mother (granddaughter of Samuel S. Bloom) from New York City, United States. [1] Chasson attended state-religious schools in Bnei Brak, and after high school he moved to the hesder yeshiva in Yeshivat Otniel. [2] He studied at the Sam Spiegel Film and Television School and the Mandel Leadership Institute in Jerusalem. [3]
He lives in Katamon neighborhood of Jerusalem with his wife Dr. Miriam Chasson (the daughter of Author Emuna Elon and Rabbi Binyamin Elon, and sister of filmmaker Ori Elon). the couple have two sons and a daughter. [4]
He has worked as a journalist and literary critic for the papers Yedioth Ahronoth, Makor Rishon and Maariv, and as a speechwriter for the President of Israel Reuven Rivlin. [5] He is one of the editors of the poetry journal Meshiv Haruach; and is a broadcaster for the public radio channel Kan Tarbut – Israeli Public Broadcasting Corporation ("Hitbodedut," a weekly discussion show together with Yair Assulin). since 2015 Chasson artistic director and chief curator at Beit Avi Chai in Jerusalem. [6] [7]
His first book of poems, Talking with Home (Hebrew: מדבר עם הבית) was published in 2015 and won the Minister of Culture's prize that year. In 2018, his second book, Bli ma (Hebrew: בלי מה), was published by the veteran Bialik Institute Press. His poems often deal with the tension between his religious faith and artistic sensibilities and stand on the border between cultures, identities, sources and places. [8]
in 2018 Nechama Rivlin presented the First Lady's Prize, the Dr Gardner Simon Prize for Hebrew Poetry to Amichai Chasson for his book Bli ma, at a ceremony at the President's Residence In Jerusalem. [9] [10] [11] A year later, the book was also on the shortlist of finalists for the Brenner Prize for Poetry.
He co-directed the documentary film ‘Footsteps in Jerusalem’ (a tribute to David Perlov, 2013). [12] In 2018, he released the documentary film about the poet Avoth Yeshurun [13] called Yeshurun in 6 Chapters (Hebrew: ישורון: 6 פרקי אבות) premiered in Docaviv International Documentary Film Festival. [14] In addition, he has written and directed for a number of Film and TV Series, including The Conductor ("Hamenatzeach") and Iron Dome (" Kipat Barzel"). In 2019 he participated in the Intellectual Incubator for Documentary Filmmakers at the Van Leer Jerusalem Institute. [15]
Chasson served in a number of public offices, including Judge on the jury for the Sapir Prize for Literature (in 2020 and 2021), and From 2021 he served as a member of the Israel Film Council and Mifal HaPais Council for the Culture and Arts.
Amichai Chasson | |
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Born | Ramat Gan, Israel | June 9, 1987
Occupation | Poet, writer, film director, screenwriter, curator |
Language | Hebrew |
Nationality | Israeli |
Education | Sam Spiegel Film and Television School |
Amichai Chasson (also Amichai Hasson, Hebrew: עמיחי חסון; born 1987) is an Israeli poet, curator and filmmaker.
Amichai Chasson born in Ramat Gan, Israel in 1987 into an Orthodox Jewish family. His father from Tripoli, Libya, and his mother (granddaughter of Samuel S. Bloom) from New York City, United States. [1] Chasson attended state-religious schools in Bnei Brak, and after high school he moved to the hesder yeshiva in Yeshivat Otniel. [2] He studied at the Sam Spiegel Film and Television School and the Mandel Leadership Institute in Jerusalem. [3]
He lives in Katamon neighborhood of Jerusalem with his wife Dr. Miriam Chasson (the daughter of Author Emuna Elon and Rabbi Binyamin Elon, and sister of filmmaker Ori Elon). the couple have two sons and a daughter. [4]
He has worked as a journalist and literary critic for the papers Yedioth Ahronoth, Makor Rishon and Maariv, and as a speechwriter for the President of Israel Reuven Rivlin. [5] He is one of the editors of the poetry journal Meshiv Haruach; and is a broadcaster for the public radio channel Kan Tarbut – Israeli Public Broadcasting Corporation ("Hitbodedut," a weekly discussion show together with Yair Assulin). since 2015 Chasson artistic director and chief curator at Beit Avi Chai in Jerusalem. [6] [7]
His first book of poems, Talking with Home (Hebrew: מדבר עם הבית) was published in 2015 and won the Minister of Culture's prize that year. In 2018, his second book, Bli ma (Hebrew: בלי מה), was published by the veteran Bialik Institute Press. His poems often deal with the tension between his religious faith and artistic sensibilities and stand on the border between cultures, identities, sources and places. [8]
in 2018 Nechama Rivlin presented the First Lady's Prize, the Dr Gardner Simon Prize for Hebrew Poetry to Amichai Chasson for his book Bli ma, at a ceremony at the President's Residence In Jerusalem. [9] [10] [11] A year later, the book was also on the shortlist of finalists for the Brenner Prize for Poetry.
He co-directed the documentary film ‘Footsteps in Jerusalem’ (a tribute to David Perlov, 2013). [12] In 2018, he released the documentary film about the poet Avoth Yeshurun [13] called Yeshurun in 6 Chapters (Hebrew: ישורון: 6 פרקי אבות) premiered in Docaviv International Documentary Film Festival. [14] In addition, he has written and directed for a number of Film and TV Series, including The Conductor ("Hamenatzeach") and Iron Dome (" Kipat Barzel"). In 2019 he participated in the Intellectual Incubator for Documentary Filmmakers at the Van Leer Jerusalem Institute. [15]
Chasson served in a number of public offices, including Judge on the jury for the Sapir Prize for Literature (in 2020 and 2021), and From 2021 he served as a member of the Israel Film Council and Mifal HaPais Council for the Culture and Arts.