The Selected Poetry Of Yehuda Amichai
β Scribed by Amichai, Yehuda; Williams, C.K.; Bloch, Chana; Mitchell, Stephen
- Book ID
- 109479430
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Year
- 2013
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 1 MB
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN-13
- 9780520275836
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β¦ Synopsis
Yehuda Amichai (1924-2000) was Israelβs most popular poet, as well as a literary figure of international reputation. In this collection, renowned translators Chana Bloch and Stephen Mitchell have selected Amichaiβs most beloved poems, including forty poems from his later work. A new foreword by C.K. Williams, written especially for this edition, addresses Amichaiβs enduring legacy and sets his poetry in the context of the new millennium.
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