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- Illustrated Children's Book
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Hebrew Poetry
| Year | Endowment | Winner | Finalists |
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| 1978 | Harry and Florence Kovner Memorial Poetry Award | T. CarmiEl Eretz Aheret (To Another Land)
Dvir
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| 1975 | Harry and Florence Kovner Memorial Poetry Award | Reuven Ben-YosefMetim ve-Ohavim (The Dead and The Lovers)
Masada
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| 1972 | Harry and Florence Kovner Memorial Poetry Award | Eisig SilberschlagIgrotai El Dorot Aherim (Letters to Other Generations)
Kiryat Sefer
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| 1969 | Harry and Florence Kovner Memorial Poetry Award | Reuven Ben-MeirDerech Eretz (Respect)
Hakibbutz Hameuchad Publishing House
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| 1967 | Harry and Florence Kovner Memorial Poetry Award | Leonard D. FreidlandShirim be-Sulam Miner (Poems in a Minor Key)
M. Newman
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| 1966 | Harry and Florence Kovner Memorial Poetry Award | Simon HalkinMa'avar Yabok (Crossing the Yabok)
Am Oved
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| 1964 | Harry and Florence Kovner Memorial Poetry Award | Arnold BandHa-Rei Boer ba-Esh (The Mirror Burns in Fire)
Ogen Publishing House
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| 1962 | Harry and Florence Kovner Memorial Poetry Award | Gabriel PreilMapat Erev
Dvir
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| 1961 | Harry and Florence Kovner Memorial Poetry Award | Ephraim E. LisitzkyK'mo Hayom Rad (As the Day Wanes)
Mahbarot Lesifrut
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| 1960 | Harry and Florence Kovner Memorial Poetry Award | Eisig SilberschlagKimron Yamai (Arch of My Days)
Kiryat Sefer
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| 1959 | Harry and Florence Kovner Memorial Poetry Award | Moshe Ben-MeirTzil va-Tzel (Sound and Shadow)
Ogen Publishing House
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| 1958 | Harry and Florence Kovner Memorial Poetry Award | Aaron ZeitlinBein ha-Esh veha-Esha (Between the Man and the Woman
Yavneh
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| 1957 | Harry and Florence Kovner Memorial Poetry Award | Moshe FeinsteinAvraham Abulfia
Mossad Bialik
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| 1956 | Harry and Florence Kovner Memorial Poetry Award | Hillel BavliAderet HaShanim (Mantle of Years)
Mossad Bialik
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| 1955 | Harry and Florence Kovner Memorial Poetry Award | Gabriel PreilNer Mul Kochavim (Candle Under the Stars)
Mossad Bialik
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| 1954 | Harry and Florence Kovner Memorial Poetry Award | Ephraim E. LisitzkyBe-Ohalei Kush (In Negro Tents)
Mossad Bialik
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| 1951 | Harry and Florence Kovner Memorial Poetry Award | Aaron ZeitlinShirim u'Poemot (Songs and Poems)
Massad Bialik
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