Writing Career
She was proud of her bisexuality and stunned her readers with her daring expressions of sexuality and spirituality combined.
Wallach also featured Jungian psychology in her work. Wallach also wrote lyrics for, and performed with, Israeli rock bands. Her book, Island Songs, was published in 1969. She died of breast cancer in 1985.
In her poem Yonatan, she portrays herself as a young boy, Yonatan, who is decapitated by other boys who thirst for his blood.
In 2005, Wallach was voted the 138th-greatest Israeli of all time, in a poll by the Israeli news website Ynet to determine whom the general public considered the 200 Greatest Israelis.
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