Miron C. Izak­son is an Israeli writer of poet­ry and nov­els, and a pro­fes­sor of Hebrew lit­er­a­ture at Bar Ilan Uni­ver­si­ty. He has been award­ed the President’s Prize (2001), the Natan Yonatan Prize for Poet­ry (2012), and the Bren­ner Prize for Poet­ry for This Time (2013).