Ronen Altman Kaydar
Encyclopedia
Ronen Elimelech Altman Kaydar (born October 1, 1972) is an Israel
i writer and poet.
The topics of his academic and artistic writing include science fiction
, sexual identity
, philosophy of science
, history of science
and more. After his marriage in 2003, he had added the surname "Kaydar".
to parents who practice science
and in 1993 completed his bachelor's degree in Mathematics
and Physics
in Tel Aviv University
's excellence program in the academic reserve. After his release from the Israeli military, he has studied for a Master's degree in the Cohen insititute for history
and philosophy
of the sciences and ideas in Tel Aviv University
. His Master's thesis applied models for the spread of science on the case of Israeli genetics
.
and Russian
, and two of them have been set to music by the Israeli composer Avner Dorman
and were performed in a music festival in Görlitz
, Germany
. Altman-Kaydar's first poetry book, Bite Marks (Helicon) was published in August 2007. In addition, he has published poetry translations in various journals and websites.
Since April 2009, Altman-Kaydar also edits the web-based literary journal 'Zuta', together with poet Anat Avissar. In 2009 he published the first translation into Hebrew from Mascha Kaleko
's works (seven poems in Helicon, an Israeli journal of poetry) and then edited his first poetry volume - Inbal Cahansky's The Wilds of Day - which was published in 2010. In addition, he translated from Hebrew to English the graphic novel
'Farm 54', by Galit seliktar and Gilad Seliktar, which was published by Fanfare in 2011.
, directed by Inbar Gilboa and starring Lucy Dubinchik.
Israel
The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...
i writer and poet.
Science fiction
Science fiction is a genre of fiction dealing with imaginary but more or less plausible content such as future settings, futuristic science and technology, space travel, aliens, and paranormal abilities...
, sexual identity
Sexual identity
Sexual identity is a term that, like sex, has two distinctively different meanings. One describes an identity roughly based on sexual orientation, the other an identity based on sexual characteristics, which is not socially based but based on biology, a concept related to, but different from,...
, philosophy of science
Philosophy of science
The philosophy of science is concerned with the assumptions, foundations, methods and implications of science. It is also concerned with the use and merit of science and sometimes overlaps metaphysics and epistemology by exploring whether scientific results are actually a study of truth...
, history of science
History of science
The history of science is the study of the historical development of human understandings of the natural world and the domains of the social sciences....
and more. After his marriage in 2003, he had added the surname "Kaydar".
Biography
Altman-Kaydar was born in Tel AvivTel Aviv
Tel Aviv , officially Tel Aviv-Yafo , is the second most populous city in Israel, with a population of 404,400 on a land area of . The city is located on the Israeli Mediterranean coastline in west-central Israel. It is the largest and most populous city in the metropolitan area of Gush Dan, with...
to parents who practice science
Science
Science is a systematic enterprise that builds and organizes knowledge in the form of testable explanations and predictions about the universe...
and in 1993 completed his bachelor's degree in Mathematics
Mathematics
Mathematics is the study of quantity, space, structure, and change. Mathematicians seek out patterns and formulate new conjectures. Mathematicians resolve the truth or falsity of conjectures by mathematical proofs, which are arguments sufficient to convince other mathematicians of their validity...
and Physics
Physics
Physics is a natural science that involves the study of matter and its motion through spacetime, along with related concepts such as energy and force. More broadly, it is the general analysis of nature, conducted in order to understand how the universe behaves.Physics is one of the oldest academic...
in Tel Aviv University
Tel Aviv University
Tel Aviv University is a public university located in Ramat Aviv, Tel Aviv, Israel. With nearly 30,000 students, TAU is Israel's largest university.-History:...
's excellence program in the academic reserve. After his release from the Israeli military, he has studied for a Master's degree in the Cohen insititute for history
History
History is the discovery, collection, organization, and presentation of information about past events. History can also mean the period of time after writing was invented. Scholars who write about history are called historians...
and philosophy
Philosophy
Philosophy is the study of general and fundamental problems, such as those connected with existence, knowledge, values, reason, mind, and language. Philosophy is distinguished from other ways of addressing such problems by its critical, generally systematic approach and its reliance on rational...
of the sciences and ideas in Tel Aviv University
Tel Aviv University
Tel Aviv University is a public university located in Ramat Aviv, Tel Aviv, Israel. With nearly 30,000 students, TAU is Israel's largest university.-History:...
. His Master's thesis applied models for the spread of science on the case of Israeli genetics
Genetics
Genetics , a discipline of biology, is the science of genes, heredity, and variation in living organisms....
.
Literary work
Altman-Kaydar is a graduate of the Helicon poetry class of 1997, where his poems were first published. In 2000, his first novel Chaos Butterflies was published by Shufra. The novel combines several plot lines regarding sexual identities in an American city in the end of the 20th century. Since then, Altman-Kaydar has published many poems in poetry journals. His poems have been translated to EnglishEnglish language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
and Russian
Russian language
Russian is a Slavic language used primarily in Russia, Belarus, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan. It is an unofficial but widely spoken language in Ukraine, Moldova, Latvia, Turkmenistan and Estonia and, to a lesser extent, the other countries that were once constituent republics...
, and two of them have been set to music by the Israeli composer Avner Dorman
Avner Dorman
Avner Dorman is an Israeli born composer of contemporary classical music.- Biography :Avner Dorman holds a Doctorate in Music Composition from the Juilliard School where he studied as a C.V. Starr fellow with John Corigliano...
and were performed in a music festival in Görlitz
Görlitz
Görlitz is a town in Germany. It is the easternmost town in the country, located on the Lusatian Neisse River in the Bundesland of Saxony. It is opposite the Polish town of Zgorzelec, which was a part of Görlitz until 1945. Historically, Görlitz was in the region of Upper Lusatia...
, Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
. Altman-Kaydar's first poetry book, Bite Marks (Helicon) was published in August 2007. In addition, he has published poetry translations in various journals and websites.
Since April 2009, Altman-Kaydar also edits the web-based literary journal 'Zuta', together with poet Anat Avissar. In 2009 he published the first translation into Hebrew from Mascha Kaleko
Mascha Kaléko
Mascha Kaléko, born Golda Malka Aufen on June 7, 1907 in Chrzanów, Austria ; died January 21, 1975 in Zürich) was a Jewish German language poet.- Biography :Her family moved from Galicia to Germany after World War I....
's works (seven poems in Helicon, an Israeli journal of poetry) and then edited his first poetry volume - Inbal Cahansky's The Wilds of Day - which was published in 2010. In addition, he translated from Hebrew to English the graphic novel
Graphic novel
A graphic novel is a narrative work in which the story is conveyed to the reader using sequential art in either an experimental design or in a traditional comics format...
'Farm 54', by Galit seliktar and Gilad Seliktar, which was published by Fanfare in 2011.
Other work
Altman-Kaydar is also the co-writer of a script for the student film Make-up, produced in Temple UniversityTemple University
Temple University is a comprehensive public research university in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Originally founded in 1884 by Dr. Russell Conwell, Temple University is among the nation's largest providers of professional education and prepares the largest body of professional...
, directed by Inbar Gilboa and starring Lucy Dubinchik.
External links
- Ronen Altman Kaydar in the New Lexicon of Hebrew Literature
- A review in HaaretzHaaretzHaaretz is Israel's oldest daily newspaper. It was founded in 1918 and is now published in both Hebrew and English in Berliner format. The English edition is published and sold together with the International Herald Tribune. Both Hebrew and English editions can be read on the Internet...
- two poems in YnetYnetYnet is the most popular Israeli news and general content website. It is owned by the same conglomerate that operates Yediot Ahronot, the country's secondleading daily newspaper...
- Ronen Altman Kaydar's Blog