The body of Haim Gouri is lying in state in various locations in Jerusalem Thursday, providing Israelis a final opportunity to pay their respects to the veteran poet, novelist, journalist, and filmmaker before he is laid to rest.
Gouri died Wednesday at the age of 94 and is survived by his wife, three children and six grandchildren.
His coffin was placed outside the Jerusalem Theater on Thursday morning before being driven through the streets of Jerusalem in a funeral procession that will conclude at the Givat Shaul cemetery.
Eulogizing the artist in front of the Jerusalem Theater, President Reuven Rivlin calls Gouri “the national poet of our time.”
“Not because of the seriousness with which you took your work as a poet, but because of the great respect with which you treated our people, our nation, the State of Israel and your role in it,” the president says.
— Jacob Magid
Israelis mourn near the coffin carrying Israeli poet, novelist, journalist and filmmaker Haim Gouri, outside the Jerusalem theater on February 1, 2018. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
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