The Selected Poetry of Dan Pagis |
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| Author:
| Pagis, Dan |
| Translator:
| Mitchell, Stephen |
| Introduction by:
| Alter, Robert |
| Series title: | Literature of the Middle East Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-520-20539-0 |
| Publication Date: | Oct 1996 |
| Publisher: | University of California Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $28.95 |
Book Description:
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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. A master scholar of Hebrew literature, Pagis drew fully on classical texts and infused his poetry with a centuries-old mysticism. Yet he also brought an immediacy and colloquialism to Hebrew poetry. In these superbly...
More DescriptionDan 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.
A master scholar of Hebrew literature, Pagis drew fully on classical texts and infused his poetry with a centuries-old mysticism. Yet he also brought an immediacy and colloquialism to Hebrew poetry. In these superbly translated poems, Dan Pagis's voice can be heard celebrating the human spirit.