Hovering at a Low Altitude: The Collected Poetry of Dahlia Ravikovitch
Description
Dahlia Ravikovitch, who died in 2005, was one of the most distinctive voices in contemporary Hebrew literature and the Israeli peace movement. In these poems about fathers and daughters, men and women, kings and their subjects, she articulates the painful asymmetries of power. The extraordinary stylistic range of her poetry reveals her mastery of the verbal art.
Product Details
Price
$18.95
$17.62
Publisher
W. W. Norton & Company
Publish Date
June 27, 2011
Pages
271
Dimensions
6.0 X 0.8 X 9.1 inches | 0.9 pounds
Language
English
Type
Paperback
EAN/UPC
9780393340099
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About the Author
Dahlia Ravikovitch, who died in 2005 at age sixty-nine, was one of the most distinctive voices in contemporary Hebrew literature and the Israeli peace movement. She spent most of her life in Tel Aviv, Israel.
Chana Bloch, the author of award-winning books of poetry, translation, and scholarship, is Professor Emerita of English at Mills College, where she taught for over thirty years and directed the Creative Writing Program. Bloch is co-translator of The Song of Songs (Modern Library, 2006), and of poets, Yehuda Amichai and Dahlia Ravikovitch.
Chana Kronfeld co-translated Yehuda Amichai's Open Closed Open to wide acclaim. She lives in Berkeley, California.
