The Great Tranquility

Name: The Great Tranquility
Author: Yehuda Amichai

by Yehuda Amichai

Later poems exploring domestic peace and philosophical calm

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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.

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