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.