Rivka Basman Ben-Hayim

Rivka Basman Ben-Hayim
Native name
רבקה באסמאן
BornRivka Basman
(1925-02-20)20 February 1925
Vilkmergė, Lithuania
Died22 March 2023(2023-03-22) (aged 98)
Herzliya, Israel
OccupationPoet, teacher
LanguageYiddish
SpouseShmuel Ben-Hayim

Rivka Basman Ben-Hayim (Yiddish: רבקה באסמאן; 20 February 1925 – 22 March 2023) was a Lithuanian-born Israeli Yiddish poet and educator. She was the recipient of the Itzik Manger Prize in 1984. Basman was also awarded the Chaim Zhitlowsky Prize in 1998.

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