Helicon

Helicon Society for the Advancement of Poetry in Israel was founded in 1990. Helicon is a poetry journal, a publishing house, a poetry School - training center for young poets, a producer of poetry events and performances: an initiator of interactive ventures between poetry and the other arts, International poetry festival, International translation workshops - an importer of poetry from the world into Israel and an exporter of Israeli poetry to the world. A promoter of communication and sharing among poets of different backgrounds, nationalities and convictions: secular and religious, aspiring and established, and writing in the various languages of Israel – Hebrew, Arabic, English, Russian and more. The association is a non-profit organization, directed by a board, chaired by Dr. Liora Barash Morgenstern.