His parents were from Bessarabia. Wallach's poetry is characterized by break- ing conventions regarding gender, sexuality, and religion, among others. The body of poetry that brought Wallach glory and critical acclaim is collected in her book Shirah (1976). Her earlier poems are short in length and many portray surrealistic figures and colorful images. Wallach's later poetry, collected ni Zurot (Shapes) and Mofa (Performance), which both appeared only in 1985, is different from her earlier poetry, and suffered from a difficult and hesitant reception, by both literary critics and the public. Despite her early death at age 41, Wallach remained highly influential, and the interest in her personality and poetry continuest ogrow. Wallach's later poetry, collected in Zurot (Shapes) and Mofa (Performance), which both appeared only in 1985, is different from her earlier poetry and suffered from a difficult and hesitant reception, by both literary critics and the public. While her earlier poems are short and many portray surrealistic figures and colorful images, her later poems are either characterized by extreme directness (for example, the po- ems opening with the line "When you come to sleep with me"("kshetavo lishkav iti" from Or pere) or are "long poems" that are verbose and lacking in structure, and suffer (or gain) from a lack of editing, repetitions (anaphoras and othertypes of repetition), and a dense, rhythmic meter.