סמל העיר תל אביב
בבית הזה גר ויצר
המשורר, הסופר, המתרגם והעורך
אהרן אמיר
תרפ"ג-תשס"ח 1923-2008

THE POET, AUTHOR, TRANSLATOR AND EDITOR
AHARON AMIR
LIVED & WORKED IN THIS HOUSE

The sign is in the house where Aharon Amir lived - a poet, translator and writer, born in Kaunas, Lithuania (1923-2008), immigrated to Israel in 1933.
Best known as a translator, for which he won the Israel Prize (2003), he also won the Tschernihovsky Prize for Masterpiece Translations (1951).
He was one of the founders of the "Canaanites" (Young Hebrews) movement that advocated breaking away from Diaspora Judaism, and establishing a "Hebrew" nation while relying on the peoples who lived in Israel in the past. In this framework, he founded and edited the movement bulletin Aleph. He also founded and edited the literary magazine "Keshet", whose purpose was to encourage young artists.

The following photo taken on the same day shows the location of the sign and the building Click for a larger image