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"The lines that Yossi Gamzu left behind are etched into the people's heart for an everlasting souvenir" - Walla! culture

2020-02-11T08:22:24.583Z


President Rivlin eulogized the poet and the poet who passed away last night, 4 days before his 82nd birthday: "The lines he left behind were engraved in the people's heart for an everlasting souvenir." Culture Minister Regev: "He was in love ...


"The lines that Yossi Gamzu left behind are etched into the people's heart for an everlasting souvenir"

President Rivlin eulogized the poet and the poet who passed away last night, 4 days before his 82nd birthday: "The lines he left behind were engraved in the people's heart for an everlasting souvenir." Minister of Culture Regev: "He was in love with the Hebrew language." Avi Toledano: "From the Pillars of the Hebrew Singer"

"We have given us masterpieces, which are one of the assets of the Israeli flock of Israeli culture." Yossi Gamzo (screenshot, courtesy of Mifal Hapayis)

Yossi Gamzo (Photo: Mifal Hapayis, screenshot)

Great grief in the world of culture following the death of the poet, pseudonym and literary researcher Prof. Yossi Gamzu, who passed away yesterday in the intensive care unit at Rambam Hospital in Haifa. The hospital said Gamzu reached them on Friday and was severely injured following a head and back injury. He passed away four days before his 82nd birthday.

State President Reuben (Ruby) Rivlin said: "There are people with a stone's heart, there are stones with a human heart," wrote Yossi Gamzo, shaking his heart. Yossi, one of Israel's greatest songwriters, passed away tonight, but the lines left behind In the heart of the people for an everlasting souvenir.

Minister of Culture and Sport Miri Regev eulogized him: "Yossi, peace be upon him, was one of the leading songwriters in the country. He was in love with the Hebrew language, made him feel good in her words and dialects, and gave us masterpieces, which are the assets of Israeli culture's flock. His words remain forever, not silent.

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"From the pillars of the Hebrew singer." Yossi Gamzo (Photo: Creative Commons)

Yossi Gamzo (Photo: Creative Commons)

Singer Avi Toledano wrote on his Facebook page: "One of us was one of the pillars of the Hebrew singer. For me, the 17 year old immigrant boy, he was the one who sat with me and taught me to pronounce a word and another Hebrew word when I read phonetically the text of 'This is Jaffa.' He also wrote the song 'Don't Love You', the first song that came to the top of the chorus parade. These two songs broke through for more than five decades. I owe this talented man so much. I will always remember you. Rest in peace.

Gamzo, son of renowned art critic and theater critic Haim Gamzo, has created many successful songs including "The Wall," "Where Are Those Girls," "A Sign That You Are Young," "If It's All Lovers," "It's a Jaffa," "Just a Sand Day." , "To you," and "what he does to her." Throughout his life, Gamzo has published several poetry books and stories for adults and children and youth, has written rhymed poems and columns in "The Guard," "Davar," "Maariv" and "Haaretz", and has also published in poetry journals, and has published the Popeye / Friends magazine. , The literary journal "Ofek". He lived in Australia and the United States for many years. In September 2013, he was declared bankrupt. That same year he won the ACUM Award for Lifetime Achievement, and in 2016 he won the Eric Einstein Award for Veteran Artists.

Source: walla

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