A. Sutzkever

A. Sutzkever
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Publisher : Univ of California Press
Total Pages : 464
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ISBN-10 : 9780520342866
ISBN-13 : 0520342860
Rating : 4/5 (860 Downloads)

Book Synopsis A. Sutzkever by : A. Sutzkever

Download or read book A. Sutzkever written by A. Sutzkever and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2023-09-01 with total page 464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The work of A. Sutzkever, one of the major twentieth-century masters of verse and the last of the great Yiddish poets, is presented to the English reader in this banquet of poetry, narrative verse, and poetic fiction. Sutzkever's imposing body of work links images from Israel's present and past with the extinction of the Jews of Europe and with deeply personal reflection on human existence. In Sutzkever's poetry the Yiddish language attains a refinement, richness of sound, and complexity of meaning unknown before. His poetry has been translated into many languages, but this is the most comprehensive presentation of his work in English. Benjamin Harshav provides a biography of the poet and a critical assessment of his writings in the context of his times. The illustrations were originally created for Sutzkever's work by such artists as Marc Chagall, Yosl Bergner, Mane-Katz, Yankl Adler, and Reuven Rubin.


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