Yehuda Amichai
Israeli poet who transformed Hebrew verse with colloquial directness, ironic wit, and deep feeling. He is the most widely translated Hebrew-language poet since the Hebrew Bible.
Works
- Now and in Other Days
- Not of This Time Not of This PlaceNovel exploring return to the past and time's redemptive possibilities
- Open Closed OpenPoetry collection playing with form and philosophical inquiry
- Poems of JerusalemPoems exploring Jerusalem as metaphor and site of spiritual convergence
- Selected PoetryRepresentative selection of Yehuda Amichai's lyrical and accessible poetry
- PoemsPoetry of the Israeli writer known for metaphor and everyday transcendence
- A Life of Poetry
- The Great TranquilityLater poems exploring domestic peace and philosophical calm