Dalia Rabikovich (born 1936) is an Israeli poet and peace activist, best known for the freedom of expression in her romantic poetry. Born in Ramat Gan, she was educated at Kibbutz Geva and the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. 1936 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Bust of Homer, one of the earliest European poets, in the British Museum Poetry (ancient Greek: ποιεω (poieo) = I create) is an art form in which human language is used for its aesthetic qualities in addition to, or instead of, its notional and semantic content. ... Ramat Gan (רמת-גן) is a city in Israel, on the central coastal strip, just east of Tel Aviv, and part of the metropolis known as Gush Dan, in the Tel Aviv District. ... The Hebrew University of Jerusalem (האוניברסיטה העברית בירושלים) is one of Israels largest and most important institutes of higher learning and research. ...

Her first poems appeared in the Hebrew language poetry journal Orlogin (Hourglass), edited by Avraham Shlonsky, and it was Shlonsky who encouraged her to pursue writing as a career. In addition to poetry, she has also published prose works, children's literature, and translations of poetry into Hebrew. Many of her poems have been set to music. The Modern Hebrew language is a Semitic language of the Afro-Asiatic language family. ... Avraham Shlonsky (1900 - 1973), Hebrew אברהם שלונסקי, was an Israeli poet born in Ukraine. ...

Rabikovich is active in the Israeli peace movement. The Israeli peace camp is a collection of political and non-political movements which desire to promote peace, mainly with the Arab neighbours of Israel (the Palestinians, Syria and Lebanon) and encourage co-existence with the Arab citizens of Israel. ...