Levin Kipnis

Levin Kipnis
Levin Kipnis and his firstborn son, Shai (1930-1935)
Native name
לֶוִין קִיפְּנִיס
BornLevin Kipnis
(1894-08-01)1 August 1894
Ushomyr, Volhynian Governorate, Russian Empire
Died20 June 1990(1990-06-20) (aged 95)
Tel Aviv, Israel
OccupationChildren's author, poet
LanguageHebrew, Yiddish
NationalityIsraeli
Notable worksShanah Tova
Notable awards
  • Yatsiv Prize for Children's Literature (1962)
  • Lamdan Prize for Children's Literature (1976)
  • Israel Prize for children's literature (1978)

Levin Kipnis (Hebrew: לֶוִין קִיפְּנִיס; 1 August 1894 – 20 June 1990), or was born 1890, was an Israeli children's author and poet who wrote mainly in Hebrew and Yiddish. He won the Israel Prize in 1978.

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