Itamar Ben Canaan (Hebrew:איתמר בן כנען b. May 30, 1976 in the city of Eilat, Israel) is the pen name of Ithamar Handelman Smith, a Jewish writer, columnist, filmmaker, playwright and sometimes DJ based in Paris. He is renowned for several controversial works, both in fiction and non-fiction. His latest BBC documentary is titled Shalom Belfast .
He is named after Hebrew language reviver Itamar Ben-Avi.
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“When long ago I saw her ride
Under Ben Bulben to the meet,
The beauty of her country-side
With all youth’s lonely wildness stirred,
She seemed to have grown clean and sweet
Like any rock-bred, sea-borne bird....”
—William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)