Shmuel Ben-Artzi

Shmuel Ben-Artzi
Shmuel Ben-Artzi with his family in 1960.
Native name
שמואל בן ארצי
BornSamuel Han
(1914-12-31)31 December 1914
Biłgoraj, Congress Poland, Russian Empire
Died9 November 2011(2011-11-09) (aged 96)
Jerusalem
OccupationWriter, poet, educator
NationalityIsraeli
SpouseChava Paritzky
Children4, including Sara

Shmuel Ben-Artzi (Hebrew: שמואל בן ארצי; December 31, 1914 – November 9, 2011) was a Polish-born Israeli writer, poet and educator. Ben-Artzi was also the father in-law of Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu.