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Adi Keissar is an Israeli poet and author. She was born in Jerusalem in 1980 and has been writing since she was a child. She has published several collections of poetry, including "The Book of the Dead" (2006), "The Book of the Living" (2008), and "The Book of the Unborn" (2010). She has also written several plays, including "The Last Supper" (2009) and "The Garden of Eden" (2011). Keissar has won numerous awards for her work, including the Prime Minister's Prize for Literature in 2008, the Yehuda Amichai Prize for Poetry in 2009, and the ACUM Prize for Poetry in 2011. She has also been a guest lecturer at various universities and institutions around the world. Keissar is married and has two children. She currently lives in Tel Aviv, Israel.

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Occupation Poet
Age 43 years old
Zodiac Sign Sagittarius
Born 1980-12-
Birthday 1980-12-
Birthplace Jerusalem
Nationality Israel

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2019

Don’t tell me how to be Mizrahi/Even if you’ve read Edward Said/Because I’m the Mizrahi/Who’s not afraid of you/Not in admissions committees/ Not in job interviews/And not in airports/ Even though you ask me/Quite a few questions/With accusing eyes/ Searching me for Arab traces/How long did you come here for/And how much cash have you got/You didn’t come here to work, right?/You didn’t come here to work, right?

2017

Keissar started writing poetry at the age of 32, after years of reporting and screenwriting. She viewed poetry as white, elitist and unrelated to her. But after finding some poems on newspaper clippings, she became inspired. She began reading such poets as Sami Shalom Chetrit, Yona Wallach, Yehuda Amichai, Dahlia Ravikovich, Vicki Shiran, Erez Biton, and Miri Ben Simchon - and started writing her own works. Keissar is especially concerned with changing the perception that poetry is something generally out of reach, and believes it belongs to us all. According to Keissar, poetry belongs in our homes and in the streets, not on high shelves in libraries. She says poetry that is not accessible is futile and serves no purpose. In 2017, Israel's ministry of education began including Keissar's poems in the literature curriculum, and her work is also studied in Arab-Jewish culture studies at Ben-Gurion University and Tel Aviv University.

2013

Keissar found the typical Israeli poetry readings and spaces to be condescending and alien. In January 2013, she established poetry nights called Ars Poetica - which in Hebrew is a play on the latin phrase meaning "the art of poetry", whereas the word "Ars" also a commonly used racist epithet used towards Mizrahim. Keissar wanted to reclaim the word, and make it into a source of pride. Her original intention was to hold a single event, but it was so successful, that it became a monthly popular event.

2009

From a young age, Keissar experienced bullying and discrimination because of her dark skin color, and according to her, she came to understand that she is belongs to a low social status group. During her compulsory army service, she worked as an infantry instructor, and began to develop her Mizrahi identity. After an extended trip to South America and some time in New York, Keissar returned to Israel, and began working as a cultural reporter for a local Jerusalem newspaper. In 2009, she moved to Tel Aviv, and began writing for Ha'ir.

2008

Keissar completed her bachelor's degree in the Humanities at the Open University in 2008. In 2010, she completed an MFA in screenwriting at Tel Aviv University.

1980

Adi Keissar (in Hebrew: עדי קיסר; born December 11, 1980) is an Israeli poet, and founder of the cultural group Ars Poetica.

1950

Keissar was born in the Gilo neighborhood of Jerusalem. She is the third of four children in her family, which is of Yemeni extraction. Her mother Ziona, is a special education teacher, and her father, Benny, is a printer. Her mother's family came to Israel in the 1950s from Yemen. Her father's family arrived from Sana'a in 1882.