Bridging the Divide: The Selected Poems of Hava Pinhas-Cohen - Couverture rigide

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ISBN 10 : 0815634196 ISBN 13 : 9780815634195

Editeur : Syracuse University Press, 2015

Synopsis

<p>Raised in a Ladino-speaking family of Bulgarian Jewish immigrants, Pinhas-<br>Cohen fuses the ancient Sephardic chant of her childhood with the contemporary<br>rhythm of Israeli life. This singular talent for bridging the ancient and the<br>modern sets her apart from most other Hebrew poets of her generation. Secular<br>in style and spirit, yet rooted in the life cycle of religious Judaism, Pinhas-<br>Cohen’s poems portray everyday life in modern Israel through a sacred yet<br>personal language. Awarded the coveted Prime Minister’s Prize for her poetry,<br>Pinhas-Cohen is a poet whose verse in English translation is long overdue. This<br>bilingual collection offers readers a careful selection of poems from each of her<br>seven published volumes. Hart-Green has worked closely with the poet herself<br>on these translations, several of which have appeared in journals such as the<br>Jewish Quarterly and the Toronto Journal of Jewish Thought. Her lively translations<br>display the dazzling breadth and depth of Pinhas-Cohen’s oeuvre, making<br>Bridging the Divide not only the first but the definitive English-language edition<br>of this vital Hebrew poet’s work.</p>

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Hava Pinhas-Cohen is an Israeli writer and poet. She is the editor of Dimui, a journal of literature, criticism, and Jewish culture, and the author of several poetry collections. Pinhas-Cohen was awarded the Prime Minister's Prize (1996), the ACUM Prize (1998), the Kugel Prize (2000), the Alterman Prize (2002), and the Rishon LeZion Prize for Creativity in Hebrew Language (2015).

Sharon Hart-Green has a PhD in modern Hebrew literature from Brandeis University and has taught Hebrew and Yiddish literature at the University of Toronto. She is the author of Not a Simple Story: Love and Politics in a Modern Hebrew Novel.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Syracuse University Press
• Date d'édition: 2015
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0815634196
• ISBN 13: 9780815634195
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 219
• Éditeur: Hart-Green Sharon
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