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Yudit Shahar grew up on the border of Sh’chunat HaTikvah, “the neighborhood of hope,” in Tel Aviv. She is the author of the prizewinning poetry collections It’s Me Speaking (2009) and Every Street Has Its Own Madwoman (2013) and recently won the prestigious Prime Minister’s Prize in Hebrew Literature for her body of work. Holy Illusion, her third collection, was published in January 2021.