Son ofYisrael Guri. Widely regarded as one of the country's greatest poets, he was awarded the Israel Prize for poetry in 1988, as well as being the recipient of several other prizes of national distinction. After studying at the Kadoorie Agricultural High School, he joined the Palmach and completed a commander's course. He participated in the bombing of a British radar station being used to track Aliyah Bet ships carrying illegal Jewish immigrants to Palestine. In 1947 he was sent to Hungary to bring Holocaust survivors to Mandate Palestine. During the 1948 Arab-Israeli War he was a deputy company commander in the Palmach's Negev Brigade. Gour studied literature at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and the Sorbonne in Paris. As a journalist he worked for LaMerhav and later, Davar. He achieved fame with his coverage of the 1961 trial of Adolf Eichmann. Awards: In 1961, Gouri obtained the Sokolow Award for Israeli Journalism; The film The 81st Blow, which he wrote, co-produced, and co-directed, was nominated for the 1974 Academy Award for Documentary Feature. It is part of a powerful Holocaust trilogy that includes The Last Sea and Flames in the Ashes; In 1975, Gouri was awar- ded the Bialik Prize for literature; In 1988, he was awarded the Israel Prize, for Hebrew poetry; In 1998, he won the Uri Zvi Grinberg award; In 2004, he was awarded the Prime Minister's Prize for Hebrew Literary Works, and others.