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Yehuda Amichai (Hebrew: יהודה עמיחי; born Ludwig Pfeuffer 3 May 1924 – 22 September 2000) was an Israeli poet and author, one of the first to write in colloquial Hebrew in modern times.
Yehuda Amichai is recognized as one of Israel’s finest poets. His poems, written in Hebrew, have been translated into 40 languages, and entire volumes of his work have been published in English, French, German, Swedish, Spanish, and Catalan. “Yehuda Amichai, it has been remarked with some justice,”…
Dec 27, 2015 · Yehuda Amichai, who died in 2000, at the age of seventy-six, and is still Israel’s most celebrated poet, possesses that natural style: a human being speaks, in frequencies audible to all,...
Yehuda Amichai (born May 3, 1924, Würzburg, Germany—died September 22, 2000, Jerusalem, Israel) was an Israeli writer who is best known for his poetry. Amichai and his Orthodox Jewish family immigrated to Palestine in 1936.
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Yehuda Amichai is considered one of the most important Israeli poets, and his work continues to be widely read and translated. He wrote in Hebrew, and his poems explore themes of love, loss, faith, and the complexities of everyday life in Israel.
Learn about the life and work of Yehuda Amichai, one of the leading contemporary Hebrew poets. Explore his innovative use of language, his engagement with modern issues, and his influence on Israeli poetry.
Yehuda Amichai is recognized as one of Israel’s finest poets. His poems, written in Hebrew, have been translated into 40 languages, and entire volumes of his work have been published in English, French, German, Swedish, Spanish, and Catalan.
