Haim Gouri

Haim Gouri
Haim Gouri (2005)
Born	Haim Gurfinkel (1923-10-09)9 October 1923 Tel Aviv, Mandate Palestine
Died	31 January 2018(2018-01-31) (aged 94) Jerusalem, Israel
Citizenship	Israel
Alma mater	The Hebrew University of Jerusalem; the Sorbonne
Occupation(s)	Poet, novelist, journalist, and documentary filmmaker
Awards	1961 Sokolow Award for Israeli Journalism 1975 Bialik Prize for literature 1988 Israel Prize for Hebrew poetry 1998 Uri Zvi Greenberg Award

Haim Gouri (Hebrew: חיים גורי; né Gurfinkel; 9 October 1923 – 31 January 2018) was an Israeli poet, novelist, journalist, and documentary filmmaker. He was awarded the Israel Prize for poetry in 1988 and was the recipient of several other prizes of national distinction.