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Micha Sheetrit and Dana Modan win the Lottery Award for the Arts Israel today

2021-10-26T09:26:45.719Z


Other winners in the field of culture are Anna Herman in the field of poetry and Adina Bar-On in the performance category. • Each of them will receive a prize of NIS 150,000 from the Lottery


Mifal HaPais announces the winners of the Landau Mifal HaPais Award for Arts and Sciences for 2021. The winners in the field of culture are: Micha Sheetrit (music), Dana Modan (screenwriters), Anna Herman (poetry) and Adina Bar-On (performance). Each of the winners Will receive a prize of NIS 150,000 from the Lottery.

The award is given as a token of appreciation to scientists, academics and cultural figures for their excellence, contribution and influence on research, science, art and cultural life in Israel.

Micha Sheetrit, winner of an award in the field of music

From the reasons for winning: "Micha Sheetrit is one of the most respected and influential singers in Israeli music, with a voice that made a poignant and painful statement, without etiquette, direct, accurate and touching."

Dana Modan wins award in screenwriting

From the reasons for winning: "Dana Modan's work is interesting and original, she makes sure to bring the stories from her world and does not hesitate to draw courage even from painful places that require exposure.

Dana Modan, Photo: Nir Peking

Anna Herman wins a prize in the field of poetry

From the reasons for winning: "Anna Herman has been publishing her excellent poems for two decades, which are exceptional in their own right. This excellence places Herman in the renewed Hebrew canon as one of the most central and prominent poets of her generation."

Adina Bar-On wins an award in the field of performance

From the reasons for winning: "Adina Bar-On deals with questions of identity in her work and corresponds with the Israeli ethos and the changes that take place in it from decade to decade, layered with local materials but at the same time, universally and temporarily."

The award, which has been given for 19 years, is considered one of the most prestigious awards in Israel and was given in the name of Michael Landau, who was appointed head of the Lottery in 1951.

Source: israelhayom

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