Tirtza Atar
Tirtza Atar (, also Tirza Atar; birth name: Tirtza Alterman) (January 27, 1941–September 8, 1977) was an Israeli poet, songwriter, playwright, actress, and translator. She was born in Tel Aviv to the family of the Israeli poet and journalist Nathan Alterman and theater actress Rachel Marcus. She died after falling out of a window of her home. The official investigation concluded that she became dizzy and lost her balance while leaning outside over a low windowsill to talk to the workers who were noisy. Works Prize winners Her children's book ''Ya'el Takes a Walk'', which Atar wrote for her daughter Ya'el (, 1971) received the 1973 for children's and youth literature. A story from the book, ' (''Ha'aryeh she'ahav tot''), was republished in 2003 and was a national bestseller for 116 weeks. In 1970 her song "Pit'om Achshav, Pit'om HaYom" , a song about a young man in love, performed by Shlomo Artzi, was the winner of the Israel Song Festival In 1970 her song ("Ani Cholem al ...
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