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Nathan Alterman
Nathan Alterman
(Polen, 1910 - 1970)
Biografie
Nathan Alterman was born in 1910 in Warsaw, Poland, settled in Tel Aviv in 1925 and died there in 1970. Though he studied agronomy in France, he worked mostly as a translator for Hebrew newspapers. His first poems were published in 1931 and his first book, Stars Outside, was published in 1938.
After 1948 social and political themes became the dominant feature in Alterman's public verse. He was talented at writing about current events with a dry yet biting humor. His poetry is endowed with style, with rich and picturesque language, neologisms, and daringly original rhyme and meter. A prolific lyricist, playwright and essayist, he also translated many works into Hebrew, including pieces by Shakespeare and Moliere, and wrote poetry and plays for children. Alterman received both the Israel Prize and the Bialik Prize. His poems have been translated into twenty languages.
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Publications :Stars Outside (1938)
Joy of the Poor (1941)
Plague Poems (1944)
The Seventh Column (two volumes, 1948 and 1954)
City of the Dove (1957)
Poems of Ten Brothers (1961)
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