A fellow poet celebrates the work of one of Israel’s greatest modern writers, who was born a hundred years ago this month
09 May 2024, The Tablet
Bearing the weight of the twentieth century
Yehuda Amichai (1924-2000): He may be the most translated Hebrew poet since King David. Yet parts of his work are untranslatable
Yehuda Amichai began writing poetry after reading Dylan Thomas and W.H. Auden
PHOTO: ALAMY/JEWISH CHRONICLE ARCHIVE/HERITAGE IMAGES
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