Avraham Ben Yitzhak

During his lifetime, his entire literary publication amounted to 11 poems, most of which were published before the first World War. After that time, the poet maintained silence, publishing only a few essays which appeared anonymously in Jewish newspapers in Vienna and one which appeared in German in Der Jude. Nonetheless, several poems and fragments were discovered among the papers he left behind after his death. While his work is limited quantitatively, its quality rises above that of many widely published poets. A sense of mystery and puzzlement, knowledge of living, and deep sorrow accompany these poems and make reading them an enriching and emotional experience.


Poems
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Interesting Articles
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Links
A page on Collected Poems Avraham Ben Yitzhak published by Ibis Editions
Language: English

On The Poetry of Avraham Ben-Yitzhak by one of his translators, Elisha Porat
Language: English

Article on Arthur Jacobs, translator of Avraham Ben Yitzhak
Language: English

Page on Avraham Ben Yitzhak by the Institute for the Translation of Hebrew Litarature
Language: English

Hanser Verlag – publisher of Avraham Ben Yitzhak in German
Language: German

Article on the poetry of Avraham Ben Yitzhak
Language: Hebrew

On The Poetry of Avraham Ben-Yitzhak by one of his translators, Elisha Porat
Language: Hebrew

Short article on Impressionism in Poetry
Language: Hebrew