Yehudit Kafri

Yehudit Kafri Meiri (Hebrew: יהודית כפרי מאירי; born 1935) is a 20th–21st century Israeli poet and a writer, as well as editor and translator.

Yehudit Kafri, mother of three and grandmother of four, has lived since 1989 with her husband in Mazkeret Batya, where she continues to write and publish books of poetry and biographies.

Here are the judges reasons for handing out the prize for Zosha: Following careful and extensive research, the author is displaying exceptional courage as she copes with the main character, a heroine in the true classical sense.

The author developed an intricate and gentle relationship with Zosha a member of the "Red Orchestra", whose life story she set out to tell.

Using precise and reserved language Kafri records this relationship while keeping intellectual and emotional levels within appropriate boundaries vis-à-vis the horrific historical events she describes.