Avia Tadmor

Avia Tadmor was born in Jerusalem and received her MFA in poetry and literary translation from Columbia University. She is the author of Song in Tammuz (Tupelo Press, 2026), winner of the International Berkshire Prize. 

Tadmor is the recipient of fellowships and awards from Yaddo, the Rona Jaffe Foundation, Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference, Poets & Writers, Vermont Studio Center, and other organizations. 

A clinical associate professor in the Expository Writing Program at New York University, Tadmor lives in Manhattan, New York, on Lenape land.