Author: | Yehuda Amichai | ISBN: | 9780520954441 |
Publisher: | University of California Press | Publication: | February 15, 2013 |
Imprint: | University of California Press | Language: | English |
Author: | Yehuda Amichai |
ISBN: | 9780520954441 |
Publisher: | University of California Press |
Publication: | February 15, 2013 |
Imprint: | University of California Press |
Language: | English |
Yehuda Amichai (1924-2000) was Israel's most popular poet, as well as a literary figure of international reputation. In this collection, renowned translators Chana Bloch and Stephen Mitchell have selected Amichai's most beloved poems, including forty poems from his later work. A new foreword by C.K. Williams, written especially for this edition, addresses Amichai’s enduring legacy and sets his poetry in the context of the new millennium.
Yehuda Amichai (1924-2000) was Israel's most popular poet, as well as a literary figure of international reputation. In this collection, renowned translators Chana Bloch and Stephen Mitchell have selected Amichai's most beloved poems, including forty poems from his later work. A new foreword by C.K. Williams, written especially for this edition, addresses Amichai’s enduring legacy and sets his poetry in the context of the new millennium.