Hezy Leskly
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Hezi Leskali
)Hezy Leskly | |
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| Born | Yehezkel Leskly July 26, 1952 Rehovot, Israel |
| Died | May 26, 1994 (aged 41) Givatayim, Israel |
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| Years active | 1970–1994 |
Hezy Leskly (
dance critic.[1]
Biography
Yehezkel (Hezy) Leskly was born in Rehovot to Czech-Jewish parents who survived the Holocaust. His father’s first wife and child were murdered. The family moved to Givatayim early in his childhood.
Leskly wrote his first poems at 14 and published in magazines at the age of 18. At age 22, Leskly moved to The Hague in the Netherlands where he studied dancing and art. He worked as a painter and a choreographer, and published four books of poems. One of his most widely known works was Dutch Poetry - Four Imagined Dutch Poets and a Nonexistent Israeli Poet, published in 1992.[2]
Leskly was among the first Israelis to identify as
gay and was active in many LGBT organisations. The primary topics of Leskly's poetry were homosexual life and dance.[3][4]
Death
Leskly died as a result of
AIDS-related complications in Givatayim on May 26, 1994, at the age of 41. He was interred at Kiryat Shaul Cemetery.[5]
See also
- Dance of Israel
- Israeli literature
References
- ^ Hezy Leskly (poet)
- ^ "לידיעת הסוטים: עשרות שנים אחרי מותו, חזי לסקלי עוד חי ובועט" (in Hebrew). Ynet. 18 January 2020. Retrieved 20 March 2020.
- ^ "חזי לסקלי: קוטל מרוב אהבה" (in Hebrew). haaretz.co.il. 13 March 2009. Retrieved 15 September 2020.
- ^ "שיר לשירה" (in Hebrew). Ynet. 7 April 2009. Retrieved 15 September 2020.
- ^ "החיים הם רק תירוץ רע" (in Hebrew). timeout.co.il. 13 June 2014. Retrieved 16 September 2020.
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