The Soul Bird

Michal Snunit

1984

Image of bird surrounded by rectangular boxes and English text on bottom left of page describing the soul bird.
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Michal Snunit

b. 1940

Michal Snunit is a children’s author, poet, editor, and journalist. Born at Kibbutz En Haḥoresh, she now lives in Tel Aviv. In the 1960s, Snunit was the editor of a left-wing Zionist journal, Al hamishmar. Her Tsipor hanefesh (The Soul Bird) is among the most widely read Hebrew books. She received the 1993 International Award for Children’s Literature and the 2005 Prime Minister’s Prize for Literature.

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