# Raquel Chalfi

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**Raquel Chalfi** ([Hebrew](/source/Hebrew): רחל חלפי) is an Israeli [poet](/source/Poet), filmmaker, and professor. In her career, she has published 21 volumes of poetry and book of prose. She worked at the [Israeli Broadcasting Authority](/source/Israel_Broadcasting_Authority) for much of her career. She is known for her experimental filmmaking style.

## Biography

Raquel (Rachel) Chalfi was born in [Tel Aviv](/source/Tel_Aviv), where she lives and works. Her mother was the sculptor and poet [Miriam Chalfi](/source/Miriam_Chalfi)[1] and her uncle was the poet and actor [Avraham Chalfi](/source/Avraham_Chalfi).[2] She completed her MA in English literature at the [Hebrew University of Jerusalem](/source/Hebrew_University_of_Jerusalem), and later studied theater at [University of California, Berkeley](/source/University_of_California,_Berkeley) as well as film at the [AFI Conservatory](/source/AFI_Conservatory) in Hollywood.

Chalfi is married to Chaim Tadmon, a broadcaster, writer and poet. Their son, Daniel, is an English teacher.[3]

Chalfi has worked as a journalist and independent filmmaker and has taught film at [Tel Aviv University](/source/Tel_Aviv_University). She has made documentaries as well as experimental films and has written plays for which she won awards, both in Israel and abroad.

Chalfi published her first book of poetry, *Underwater and Other Poems*, in 1975. Since then, she has published seven more collections of poetry.

## Awards and recognition

Chalfi is the recipient of several literary awards, including the following:

- [Prime Minister's Prize for Hebrew Literary Works](/source/Prime_Minister's_Prize_for_Hebrew_Literary_Works);
- Ashman Prize in 1999;
- 2006 [Bialik Prize](/source/Bialik_Prize) for [literature](/source/Hebrew_literature) (co-recipient with [Ruth Almog](/source/Ruth_Almog) and [Uri Orlev](/source/Uri_Orlev)).[4]

## Poetry books published in Hebrew

- *Underwater and Other Poems*, Hakibbutz Hameuchad, 1975 [Shirim Tat-Yami`im Ve-Aherim]
- *Free Fall*, Marcus/Achshav, 1979 [Nefilah Hofshit]
- *Chameleon or the Principle of Uncertainty*, Hakibbutz Hameuchad, 1986 [Zikit O Ekron I Ha-Vada`ut]
- *Matter*, Hakibbutz Hameuchad, 1990 [Homer]
- *Love of the Dragon*, Hakibbutz Hameuchad, 1995 [Ahavat Ha-Drakon]
- *Stowaway*, Hakibbutz Hameuchad, 1999 [Nosa`at Semuyah]
- *Solar Plexus: Poems 1975-1999*, Hakibbutz Hameuchad, 2002 [Miklaat Ha-Shemesh]
- *A Picture of a Father and his Daughter*, Keshev, 2004 [Tmuna Shel Aba VeYalda]

## See also

- [Hebrew literature](/source/Hebrew_literature)
- [List of Bialik Prize recipients](/source/Bialik_Prize)

## References

1. ["The Hidden Fountain – The World of Miriam Chalfi"](https://web.archive.org/web/20210117065408/https://iffr.com/en/2020/films/the-hidden-fountain-%E2%80%93-the-world-of-miriam-chalfi). International Film Festival Rotterdam. 2019. Archived from [the original](https://iffr.com/en/2020/films/the-hidden-fountain-%E2%80%93-the-world-of-miriam-chalfi) on 17 January 2021. Retrieved 10 May 2020.

1. [Poem of the Week / Seduction, a family affair](https://www.haaretz.com/life/books/2014-01-14/ty-article/.premium/poem-of-the-week/0000017f-e5c9-df2c-a1ff-ffd9c7250000)

1. [Poem of the Week / Seduction, a family affair](https://www.haaretz.com/life/books/2014-01-14/ty-article/.premium/poem-of-the-week/0000017f-e5c9-df2c-a1ff-ffd9c7250000)

1. ["Ceremony for the award of 2006 Bialik Prize (in Hebrew), Tel Aviv Municipality website"](https://web.archive.org/web/20190713003138/https://www.tel-aviv.gov.il/Hebrew/Cityhall/News/Archive.asp%3FNID%3D837). Archived from [the original](http://www.tel-aviv.gov.il/Hebrew/Cityhall/News/Archive.asp?NID=837) on July 13, 2019.

## External links

- [Absalom's Oak](https://books.google.com/books?id=KufLljeXft4C&dq=rachel+chalfi&pg=PA199)
- [French translations of selected poems](https://web.archive.org/web/20061222170141/http://maisondelapoesie.be/article.php?id=240)
- [Poem - Tel Aviv Beach, Winder '74](http://israel.poetryinternationalweb.org/piw_cms/cms/cms_module/index.php?obj_id=6856)
- [Poem - What Is?](http://israel.poetryinternationalweb.org/piw_cms/cms/cms_module/index.php?obj_id=6858)
- [Institute for the Translation of Hebrew Literature](https://web.archive.org/web/20061215011931/http://www.ithl.org.il/author_info.asp?id=70)

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