Avner Treinin
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Avner Treinin was an Israeli poet and professor of physical chemistry
Physical chemistry
Physical chemistry is the study of macroscopic, atomic, subatomic, and particulate phenomena in chemical systems in terms of physical laws and concepts...

 at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem.

Biography

Treinin was born in Tel Aviv
Tel Aviv
Tel Aviv , officially Tel Aviv-Yafo , is the second most populous city in Israel, with a population of 404,400 on a land area of . The city is located on the Israeli Mediterranean coastline in west-central Israel. It is the largest and most populous city in the metropolitan area of Gush Dan, with...

 on February 14, 1928. At the age of two his family moved to Jerusalem. Treinin attended the Tachkemoni school and Gymnasia Rehavia
Gymnasia Rehavia
Gymnasia Rehavia is a high school in the Rehavia neighborhood in Jerusalem, Israel.-History:Gymnasia Rehavia was the country’s second modern high school, after Gymnasia Herzliya in Tel Aviv. The school was first established in Jerusalem's Bukharan Quarter in 1909. The building on Keren Kayemet...

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Treinin eventually began studying at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem, though his studies were interrupted by the 1948 Arab–Israeli War in which he served in the Science Corps.

In 1954 Treinin earned his M.Sc and in 1958 Treinin his doctorate. Treinin then applied for a post-doctorate at Cambridge University. In 1963 he was appointed a Senior Lecturer, in 1965 became an Associate Professor and in 1971 he became a professor. Between 1975 and 1978 Treinin served as the Dean of the Faculty of Science in the Hebrew University in Jerusalem. He eventually retired in 1997. During his career Treinin authored several textbooks.

His first poetry book, "Azovey Kir" ("אזובי-קיר"), was published in 1957, during his doctoral studies. Through the years he published 12 more poetry books. Treinin's poerty books have won several awards.

Treinin was a member of the Academy of the Hebrew Language
Academy of the Hebrew Language
The Academy of the Hebrew Language was established by the Israeli government in 1953 as the "supreme institution for scholarship on the Hebrew language."-History:...

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Treinin died in Jerusalem on October 7, 2011.

Personal life

In 1949 Treinin married philosopher Rebecca Schechter and they had two daughters: Hilla Knobler, poet and professor of medicine, and Milat Treinin-Feitelson, Doctor for biology and a medical school professor at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem. His brother was the Colonel (res.) Avraham Tamir.

Awards

  • Milo Award (1969)
  • Jerusalem Prize
    Jerusalem Prize
    The Jerusalem Prize for the Freedom of the Individual in Society is a biennial literary award given to writers whose works have dealt with themes of human freedom in society. It is awarded at the Jerusalem International Book Fair, and the recipient usually delivers an address when accepting the award...

     (1979)
  • Brenner Prize
    Brenner Prize
    The Brenner Prize is an Israeli literary prize awarded annually by the Hebrew Writers Association in Israel and the Haft Family Foundation.It was founded in the name of the author Yosef Haim Brenner and was first awarded in 1945....

     (1986)
  • Bialik Prize
    Bialik Prize
    The Bialik Prize is an annual literary award given by the municipality of Tel Aviv, Israel for significant accomplishments in Hebrew literature. The prize is named in memory of Hayyim Nahman Bialik. There are two separate prizes, one specifically for "Literature", which is in the field of fiction,...

    , for literature (1989)
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