Travels - Softcover

Amichai, Yehuda

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0935296638 ISBN 13: 9780935296631

Publisher: Sheep Meadow Press, 1986

Synopsis

Poems, in both the original Hebrew and English translation, deal with childhood, life in Israel, Jewish tradition, and history

About this title

From the Publisher:

6 x 9 trim. LC 85-27814

About the Author:

Yehuda Amichai is commonly regarded as Israel's major poet and one of the major poets of our time. He was born in Germany in 1924. His family left for Israel in 1936. Amichai fought with the British Army in World War II and then in three Israeli wars.

YEHUDA AMICHAI was born in Wurzburg, Germany, in 1924 and emigrated with his family to Palestine in 1936. Amichai published eleven volumes of poetry in Hebrew, two novels, and a book of short stories. His work has been translated into thirty-seven languages. In 1982, Amichai received the Israel Prize for Poetry, and he became a foreign honorary member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters in 1986. He lived in Jerusalem until his death on September 25, 2000.

About this edition

• Publisher: Sheep Meadow Press
• Publication date: 1986
• ISBN 10: 0935296638
• ISBN 13: 9780935296631
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 142