Haim Hefer

Israeli writer (1925–2012)

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Facts

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Instance of: human
Sex or gender: male^[18]
Date of birth: October 29, 1925
Date of death: September 18, 2012
Place of birth: Sosnowiec
Place of death: Tel Aviv
Country of citizenship: Israel^[10]
Occupation: journalist, poet, playwright, screenwriter, songwriter, columnist, opinion journalist, writer^[11]^[12]^[13]
Employer: Yedioth Ahronoth^[14]
Award received: Israel Prize, Sokolov Award^[15]^[16]
Official website: haimhefer.co.il^[20]
Languages spoken, written or signed: Hebrew^[21]
End of work period: 2012^[24]
Given name: Chaim^[19]
Member of: Gordonia^[17]
Name in native language: חיים חפר^[22]
Start of work period: 1937^[23]
Writing language: Hebrew^[25]

🏷️ Also known as

en Haim Hefer en Hayim Hefer ar حاييم خيفير cs Chaim Hefer cs Chajim Chefer es Haim Feiner he חיים חפר he חיים פיינר pl Chaim Chefer ru Хаим Хефер ru Хефер, Хаим

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Library of Congress Authorities ID: n84028651
GND ID: 1170183840
Image (Wikimedia Commons): Haim Hefer 1983.jpg ↗
AllMovie person ID: p175701
Bait La Zemer Ha-Ivri artist ID: 987007276856005171
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID: 14621191t
Carnegie Hall agent ID: 1030409
Cinema of Israel ID: 613
Discogs artist ID: 1141828
EDb person ID: n0004620

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Europeana entity: agent/base/110873
FAST ID: 130797
Film.ru person ID: haim-hefer
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HAND ID: 5D31-21CB-AB39-0E09-1F58
HaBima Archive person ID: 2993
IMDb ID: nm0373542
IxTheo authority ID: 1037615972
J9U entity ID: 987007276856005171
Jerusalem Film Cinematheque person ID: haim-hefer
Jewish Encyclopedia ID (Russian): 14512
Jewish Virtual Library ID: chaim-hefer
Kinobox person ID: 975176
Kinopoisk person ID: 578239
LMHL author ID: 00727, 00727
LyricsTranslate ID: unknown-israeli-band-lyrics.html
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NUKAT ID: n2007138236
National Library of Israel ID (old): 000459744
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National Library of Poland MMS ID: 9810703409405606
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID: 202828107
SHARE Catalogue author ID: 649209
SecondHandSongs artist ID: 146711
Shironet artist ID: 396
Swedish Film Database person ID: 168985
WorldCat Entities ID: E39PBJhd7xDXtXF933QpMr4cyd
Yale LUX ID: person/6faf2f69-57a2-4ce3-8a40-37c22a94e7ef
Zemereshet artist ID: 155

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הנני כאן, הנני כאן, Dina Barzilai, Dina Barzilai, Yatzanu At, Yatzanu At, בית הערבה (שיר), בית הערבה (שיר) +14 more

Occupation 7

poet, journalist, playwright, screenwriter, songwriter, columnist, opinion journalist

Award received 2

Israel Prize, Sokolov Award

Mb:translator 2

קרב הראל (שיר), קרב הראל (שיר)

Country of citizenship 1

Israel

Employer 1

Yedioth Ahronoth

Films written 1

Tevye and His Seven Daughters

Given name 1

Chaim

Instance of 1

human

Languages spoken, written or signed 1

Hebrew

Member of 1

Gordonia

Place of birth 1

Sosnowiec

Place of death 1

Tel Aviv

Sex or gender 1

male

Writing language 1

Hebrew

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Summary

Haim Hefer was born on October 29, 1925^[1], in Sosnowiec^[2]. He died on September 18, 2012^[3], in Tel Aviv^[4]. He worked as a journalist^[5], poet^[6], playwright^[7], screenwriter^[8], and songwriter^[9].

FAQs

Where was Haim Hefer born?

Haim Hefer's place of birth was Sosnowiec^[2].

Where did Haim Hefer die?

Haim Hefer passed away in Tel Aviv^[4].

What did Haim Hefer do for work?

Haim Hefer worked as a journalist^[5], poet^[6], playwright^[7], screenwriter^[8], and songwriter^[9].

What awards did Haim Hefer receive?

Honors received include Israel Prize^[15] and Sokolov Award^[16].

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enHaim Hefer arحاييم خيفير esHaim Hefer heחיים חפר plChaim Chefer ruХефер, Хаим

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Direct Wikidata claims

[2] ↑ Haim Hefer — place of birth (P19): Sosnowiec. wikidata.org.
[4] ↑ Haim Hefer — place of death (P20): Tel Aviv. wikidata.org.
[18] ↑ Haim Hefer — sex or gender (P21): male. BnF authorities. Retrieved 2015-10-10. wikidata.org.
[10] ↑ Haim Hefer — country of citizenship (P27): Israel. wikidata.org.
[5] ↑ Haim Hefer — occupation (P106): journalist. wikidata.org.
[6] ↑ Haim Hefer — occupation (P106): poet. wikidata.org.
[7] ↑ Haim Hefer — occupation (P106): playwright. wikidata.org.
[8] ↑ Haim Hefer — occupation (P106): screenwriter. wikidata.org.
[9] ↑ Haim Hefer — occupation (P106): songwriter. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2026-04-20. wikidata.org.
[11] ↑ Haim Hefer — occupation (P106): columnist. wikidata.org.
[12] ↑ Haim Hefer — occupation (P106): opinion journalist. wikidata.org.
[13] ↑ Haim Hefer — occupation (P106): writer. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2026-04-20. wikidata.org.
[14] ↑ Haim Hefer — employer (P108): Yedioth Ahronoth. wikidata.org.
[15] ↑ Haim Hefer — award received (P166): Israel Prize. wikidata.org.
[16] ↑ Haim Hefer — award received (P166): Sokolov Award. wikidata.org.
[17] ↑ Haim Hefer — member of (P463): Gordonia. wikidata.org.
[1] ↑ Haim Hefer — date of birth (P569): October 29, 1925. BnF authorities. Retrieved 2015-10-10. wikidata.org.
[3] ↑ Haim Hefer — date of death (P570): September 18, 2012. BnF authorities. Retrieved 2013-01-22. haaretz.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[19] ↑ Haim Hefer — given name (P735): Chaim. wikidata.org.
[20] ↑ Haim Hefer — official website (P856): https://haimhefer.co.il/. wikidata.org.
[21] ↑ Haim Hefer — languages spoken, written or signed (P1412): Hebrew. BnF authorities. Retrieved 2015-10-10. wikidata.org.
[22] ↑ Haim Hefer — name in native language (P1559): חיים חפר. wikidata.org.
[23] ↑ Haim Hefer — start of work period (P2031): 1937. wikidata.org.
[24] ↑ Haim Hefer — end of work period (P2032): 2012. wikidata.org.
[25] ↑ Haim Hefer — writing language (P6886): Hebrew. wikidata.org.

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