The Greatest Israeli Writers
Emily Carr
Updated on January 17, 2026
Birthdate: September 8, 1950
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Fassuta, Israel
Anton Shammas is a Palestinian poet, writer, and translator of English, Hebrew, and Arabic languages. Shammas is credited with co-founding an Arabic magazine called The East, which he edited between 1971 and 1976. The recipient of the Whiting Award and Lila Wallace Writers' Award, Anton Shammas' acclaimed novel Arabesques was translated into several languages, including Spanish, English, French, and German.
