Selected Poetry of Dan Pagis

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About the author

Stephen Mitchell's numerous translations include The Book of Job, A Book of Psalms, and Genesis. Robert Alter is Professor of Comparative Literature at the University of California, Berkeley, and author of The Art of Biblical Narrative (1987).

Summary

Dan Pagis (1930-1986) spent three of his adolescent years in a Nazi camp before arriving in Palestine in 1946. He became one of the most vibrant voices in modern Israeli poetry and is considered a major world poet of his generation. This title features translated poems, in which, Dan Pagis' voice can be heard celebrating the human spirit.

Product details

• Authors: Robert Alter, Dan Pagis, Pagis Dan, Pagis/Mitchell
• Assisted by: Robert Alter (Editor), Stephen Mitchell (Editor), Dan Pagis (Editor), Robert Alter (Introduction), Alter Robert (Introduction), Stephen Mitchell (Translation), Mitchell Stephen (Translation)
• Publisher: University Of California Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 22.10.1996
• EAN: 9780520205390
• ISBN: 978-0-520-20539-0
• No. of pages: 160
• Series: Literature of the Middle East; Literature of the Middle East
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama > Poetry; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies; Israel, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Jewish Studies, American English, Jewish Studies, Poetry by individual poets, Relating to Jewish people and groups, Social groups: religious groups and communities, POETRY / Jewish