The Modern Hebrew Poem Itself
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The Modern Hebrew Poem Itself is an anthology of modern Hebrew poetry, presented in the original language, with a transliteration into Roman script, a literal translation into English, and commentaries and explanations.
Two editions of this book have appeared so far:
Poets included in both editions of the book
Poet included in the first edition but not in the second
Poets included in the second but not the first edition
Two editions of this book have appeared so far:
- First edition, published in 1965 by SchockenSchockenSchocken may refer to:* Salman Schocken , German entrepreneur* Schocken Books, a German publishing company* Schocken Department Stores, a chain of German department stores...
Books. Edited by Stanley BurnshawStanley BurnshawStanley Burnshaw was an influential American poet, primarily known for his ontology, The Seamless Web . His style was particularly writing political poems, prose, editorials, etc...
, T. CarmiT. Carmi-Biography:He was born Carmi Charny in New York City. Hebrew was his mother tongue and his family used it as the spoken language of their home. He moved to Israel just before the outbreak of the Israeli War of Independence...
, and Ezra SpicehandlerEzra SpicehandlerEzra Spicehandler is an American Rabbi, writer, editor and educator specializing in modern Hebrew literature.He was born in Brooklyn, New York, the son of Abraham Spacehandler, an editor of the Hebrew periodical Hadoar. In 1946 he was ordained and awarded a masters of Hebrew letters. He earned a...
. Twenty-four poets, 69 poems, 220 pages. Has no ISBN. Library of Congress number; 66-26731. Reprinted by Schocken in 1989. Reprinted by Harvard University PressHarvard University PressHarvard University Press is a publishing house established on January 13, 1913, as a division of Harvard University, and focused on academic publishing. In 2005, it published 220 new titles. It is a member of the Association of American University Presses. Its current director is William P...
in 1995. - Second edition, published in 2003 by Wayne State University Press. Edited by Stanley Burnshaw, T. Carmi, Ariel Hirschfeld, and Ezra Spicehandler. Forty poets, 106 poems, 359 pages. ISBN 0814324851
Poets included in both editions of the book
- Chaim Nachman Bialik
- Saul Tchernichovsky
- Jacob FichmanJacob FichmanJacob Fichman also transliterated as Yakov Fichman , was an acclaimed Hebrew poet, essayist and literary critic.-Biography:Fichman was born in Botoşani, Romania in 1881...
- Avraham Ben Yitshak
- Jacob SteinbergJacob SteinbergJacob Steinberg was a major Ukrainian-born Israeli poet. He moved to the Land of Israel in 1915. He defied trends in two significant ways: his poetry was individualistic rather than nationalistic, and he wrote in the Ashkenazic dialect rather than the Sephardic dialect, which became the accepted...
- Uri Zvi GreenbergUri Zvi GreenbergUri Zvi Grinberg was an acclaimed Israeli poet and journalist who wrote in Yiddish and Hebrew.-Biography:Uri Zvi Grinberg was born in Bialikamin, Galicia, then Austria-Hungary, into a prominent Hasidic family. He was raised in Lemberg . Some of his poems in Yiddish and Hebrew were published...
- Simon HalkinSimon HalkinSimon Halkin was an Israeli poet, novelist, teacher, and translator.- Biography :Simon Halkin was born in Dovsk near Rogachev , then in the Russian Empire in 1899. He emigrated to New York City with his family in 1914. He lived and studied in the United States from 1914 to 1932...
- Avraham ShlonskyAvraham ShlonskyAvraham Shlonsky was a significant and dynamic Israeli poet and editor born in Russian Empire.He was influential in the development of modern Hebrew and its literature in Israel through his many acclaimed translations of literary classics, particularly from Russian, as well as his own original...
- Yochebed Bat-Miriam
- Yonatan RatoshYonatan RatoshUriel Shelach , better known by his pen name Yonatan Ratosh , was an Israeli poet and the founder of the Canaanite movement.-Biography :...
- Nathan AltermanNathan AltermanNathan Alterman was an Israeli poet, playwright, journalist, and translator who – though never holding any elected office – was highly influential in Socialist Zionist politics, both before and after the establishment of the State of Israel.-Biography:...
- Leah GoldbergLeah GoldbergLeah Goldberg was a prolific Hebrew poet, author, playwright, literary translator, and comparative literary researcher. Her writings are considered classics of Israeli literature and remain very popular among Hebrew speaking Israelis.-Biography:...
- Gabriel PreilGabriel PreilGabriel Preil was a modern Hebrew poet active in the United States, who wrote in Hebrew and Yiddish. He was the last of the Haskala poets. The critic Yael Feldman has done significant work on Preil, focusing on the Yiddish influences in his Hebrew poetry...
- Amir GilboaAmir GilboaAmir Gilboa was a prominent Israeli Hebrew poet, born in Ukraine.-Biography:...
- Abba KovnerAbba KovnerAbba Kovner was a Lithuanian Jewish Hebrew poet, writer, and partisan leader. He became one of the great poets of modern Israel. He was a cousin of the Israeli Communist Party leader Meir Vilner.-Biography:...
- Tuvya Ruebner
- Haim Guri
- Yehuda AmichaiYehuda AmichaiYehuda Amichai was an Israeli poet. Amichai is considered by many, both in Israel and internationally, as Israel's greatest modern poet. He was also one of the first to write in colloquial Hebrew....
- T. CarmiT. Carmi-Biography:He was born Carmi Charny in New York City. Hebrew was his mother tongue and his family used it as the spoken language of their home. He moved to Israel just before the outbreak of the Israeli War of Independence...
- Ayin Hillel
- Dan PagisDan PagisDan Pagis was an Israeli poet, lecturer and holocaust survivor. He was born in Rădăuţi, Bukovina in Romania and imprisoned as a child in a concentration camp in Ukraine...
- Nathan ZachNathan ZachNathan Zach is an Israeli poet.-Biography:Born in Berlin, Germany, to a German father and an Italian mother, Zach immigrated to what was then known as Palestine in 1936 and served in the IDF during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War....
- Dalia Ravikovich
Poet included in the first edition but not in the second
- Avot Yeshurun
Poets included in the second but not the first edition
- Zelda
- Daliyah HertsDaliyah HertsDaliyah Herts is an Israeli poet.Daliyah Herts received an MA in Philosophy from Tel Aviv University. She taught Philosophy for several years. She edited and presented literary programs on Israel Radio, published several books of poetry, and wrote two plays...
- David AvidanDavid AvidanDavid Avidan was an Israeli "poet, painter, filmmaker, publicist, and playwright" . He wrote 20 published books of Hebrew poetry.-Biography and literary career:...
- Israel PinkasIsrael PinkasIsrael Pincas is an Israeli poet.-Biography:Pincas was born in Sofia, Bulgaria in 1935. He lost his father at the age of 6. As a boy, he emigrated as to the Mandate Palestine with his mother in 1944. He lives in Tel Aviv....
- Erez BitonErez BitonErez Biton is an Hebrew poet. Born in North Africa, he immigrated to Israel in 1948. At the age of 10, he was blinded by a stray hand grenade that he found. He spent the rest of his childhood in Jerusalem's Institute for the Blind. He received a degree in social work from The Hebrew University of...
- Hedva HarekhaviHedva HarekhaviHedva Harekhavi, Israeli poet and artist, was born in 1941 in Degania B, one of the oldest kibbutzim in Israel. A graduate of the Bezalel Academy of Art, she has lived in Jerusalem most of her life and has so far published four volumes of poetry...
- Meir WieseltierMeir WieseltierMeir Wieseltier is a prize-winning Israeli poet and translator.-Biography:Meir Wieseltier was born in Moscow in 1941, shortly before the German invasion of Russia. He was taken to Novosibirsk in southwestern Siberia by his mother and two older sisters. His father was killed while serving in the...
- Yair HurvitzYair HurvitzYair Hurvitz was an Israeli poet who began publishing poetry in the 1960's. His poems mark a return to the tradition of Haim Nachman Bialik...
- Yona WallachYona Wallach-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...
- Agi MisholAgi MisholAgi Mishol is an Israeli poet.-Biography:Mishol was born in Transylvania, Romania, to Hungarian-speaking parents and brought to Israel as a young child. Her parents ran a grocery store in Gedera and spoke mainly Hungarian at home. Mishol holds BA and MA degrees in Hebrew literature from Hebrew...
- Yitzhak LaorYitzhak LaorYitzhak Laor, is an Israeli poet, author and journalist. He is the author of . He is mostly known for his poetry of political protest, particularly about the Lebanese War of 1982 and the Israeli occupation of the Palestinian territories...
- Dan ArmonDan ArmonDan Armon, Israeli poet, was born in Jerusalem in 1948, the year Israel gained independence. He studied literature and theater at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and has published four books of poems.-External links:*...
- Ramy DitzannyRamy DitzannyRamy Ditzanny is an Israeli poet who was born in 1950. His most famous poem is "Baal Akhshuv," which can be translated as "Lord of the Spiders." The name is a parody of Baal Zevuv, "Lord of the Flies." Subtle connections are made between the ancient Canaanites and the modern Palestinians.- Further...
- Ronny SomeckRonny SomeckRonny Someck is an Israeli poet and author, whose works have been translated into many languages.-Biography:Someck was born in Baghdad and came to Israel as a young child. He studied Hebrew literature and philosophy at Tel Aviv University and drawing at the Avni Academy of Art...
- Hezi LeskaliHezi LeskaliHezi Leskali was born in Rehovot, Israel. He studied dancing and art in Holland. He worked as a painter and a choreographer, and published four books of poems. In 1992 he published Dutch Poetry - Four Imagined Dutch Poets and a Nonexistent Israeli Poet.-References:* The Modern Hebrew Poem Itself,...
- Amir OrAmir OrAmir Or , is an Israeli editor, translator and award-winning poet whose works have been published in more than 30 languages.He is the author of seven volumes of poetry as of late 2006, and his latest book in Hebrew, The Song of Tahira is a fictional epic in metered prose.Individual poems by Amir...
- Admiel KosmanAdmiel KosmanAdmiel Kosman is an Israeli poet and professor of Talmud.-Biography:Admiel Kosman was born in Haifa, Israel to an Orthodox Jewish family. His father hailed from a German Jewish family living in France, and his mother immigrated from Iraq...