Israeli professor Dwora Gilula will be honored as the recipient of the 2025 Israel Prize for literature, poetry, and translation into Hebrew, the Education Ministry announced Thursday.
Gilula is an editor, translator of five languages, and researcher of ancient Greek and Roman, as well as a professor in the Department of Classical Studies at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
Prof. Gilula is a Holocaust survivor who made aliyah at age 11 through the Youth Aliyah, a movement that brought orphaned children from Europe to Israel after World War II.
"Dwora Gilula's translations from the classic languages have received much praise, and rightfully so," the prize committee said in a statement. "Her translations are magnificent Hebrew pieces that contribute to Hebrew culture today and will be read by future generations."