View source for Zvi Nir

{{Short description|Israeli writer, poet, lawyer, and politician}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2020}}
{{Infobox officeholder
|image = Israeli Author Zvi Nir.jpg
|birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1946|8|14|df=y}}
|birth_place = [[Cluj-Napoca]], [[Romania]]
|death_date =
|death_place =
|office1 = Faction represented in the [[Knesset]]
|subterm1 = 1996
|suboffice1 = [[Israeli Labor Party|Labor Party]]
}}
'''Tzvika Nir''' ({{Langx|he|צביקה ניר}}, born 14 August 1946) is an Israeli writer, poet, lawyer and former politician. He briefly served as a member of the [[Knesset]] in 1996 and is currently chairman of the [[Hebrew Writers Association in Israel]].
==Biography==
Nir was born in [[Cluj-Napoca]], [[Romania]] in August 1946 and [[aliyah|immigrated]] to Israel in 1948. His father Samuel was forcibly recruited to the Hungarian Army during [[World War II]] and spent time as a prisoner at a forced labor camp. His mother Hannah was a survivor of [[Auschwitz concentration camp]]. His younger and only brother, Amos, was killed in action in the [[Yom Kippur War]].<ref>[https://www.izkor.gov.il/%D7%A0%D7%99%D7%A8%20%D7%A2%D7%9E%D7%95%D7%A1/en_0e8f5162420ae3724e4c522edb5d6e1f Amos Nir] Izkor</ref>
Nir grew up in [[Kiryat Tiv'on]] and in 1958 moved to [[Ramat Gan]] where he graduated from [[Ohel Shem]] high school. He went on to study law at [[Tel Aviv University]] and has been a practicing lawyer since 1974. In 1973 Nir married Dalia, a high school teacher. He has three daughters, and is a grandfather of six.
==Political career==
Nir was originally a member of the [[Independent Liberals (Israel)|Independent Liberals]], and was fourth on the party's list for the [[1977 Israeli legislative election|1977 Knesset elections]], but failed to win a seat as the party received just one mandate. He later joined [[Shinui]], and was third on the party's list for the [[1988 Israeli legislative election|1988 elections]], in which it won two seats.
Prior to the [[1992 Israeli legislative election|1992 elections]] he joined the [[Israeli Labor Party|Labor Party]], and although he failed to win a seat, he entered the Knesset on 21 May 1996 as a replacement for [[Ora Namir]],<ref>[https://www.knesset.gov.il/mk/eng/mkindexbyknesset_eng.asp?knesset=13 Knesset members in the Thirteenth Knesset] Knesset website</ref> who had resigned to take up the post of ambassador to [[China]] and [[Mongolia]]. However, he lost his seat in the [[1992 Israeli legislative election|June elections]], and did not even have time to take his oath of allegiance. He was later elected to [[Ramat Gan]] city council as an independent, and ran unsuccessfully for mayor in 2003. Nir served 30 years on the [[Ramat Gan]] city council (until 2013), including a term as Head of Culture.
==Literary career==
Nir's first published work was a 1993 book of children's poems dedicated to his three daughters. In 2005 he gained a master's degree in general literature from Tel Aviv University. His first full-length novel, ''The Hand that Executed Me'' was published in 2012,<ref>[https://www.kibutz-poalim.co.il/hand_executed_me היד שהוציאה אותי להורג] Hakibbutz Hameuchad -Sifriat Poalim</ref> followed by ''Time of the Heart'' (2013) and ''Truth'' (2016).<ref>[https://www.kibutz-poalim.co.il/Truth אמת] Hakibbutz Hameuchad -Sifriat Poalim</ref> In 2017 he published his first poetry book ''Otthon'', which was followed by ''God of Burning Desires'' in 2019. In 2015 he became chairman of the [[Hebrew Writers Association in Israel]].
==References==
{{Reflist}}
==External links==
*{{MKlink|id=694}}
{{Authority control}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Nir, Zvi}}
[[Category:1946 births]]
[[Category:Romanian Jews]]
[[Category:Romanian emigrants to Israel]]
[[Category:Tel Aviv University alumni]]
[[Category:Israeli lawyers]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Israeli Labor Party politicians]]
[[Category:Independent Liberals (Israel) politicians]]
[[Category:Shinui politicians]]
[[Category:Members of the 13th Knesset (1992–1996)]]
[[Category:Israeli poets]]