Poems of Jerusalem and Love Poems
Author | : Yehuda Amichai |
Publisher | : Sheep Meadow Press |
Total Pages | : 292 |
Release | : 1992-12-01 |
ISBN-10 | : UVA:X002227906 |
ISBN-13 | : |
Rating | : 4/5 (06 Downloads) |
Download or read book Poems of Jerusalem and Love Poems written by Yehuda Amichai and published by Sheep Meadow Press. This book was released on 1992-12-01 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Yehuda Amichai was born in Germany in 1924. His family left for Israel in 1936. Among the collections of his poetry that have appeared in English are Songs of Jerusalem & Myself, Travels, & The Selected Poetry of Yehuda Amichai. He presently lives & teaches in Jerusalem. "He is one of our great poets...once one has heard his quiet, even tones, precise, distanced & passionate, one never forgets them." "I, for one, return to his poetry again & again, & always find myself shaken, as by something truly genuine & alive."