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Yehuda Amichai

1924–2000

Poems
38
Reader comments
19
Portrait of Yehuda Amichai
Yehuda Amichai 1924–2000
1924Born

Biography

Yehuda Amichai (1924 - 2000) was an Israeli poet.

Amichai was born in Germany, then immigrated with his family to Palestine in 1936. He fought in the Israeli War of Independence as a young man, but became an advocate of peace and reconciliation in the region, working with Palestinian writers.

He was 'discovered' in 1965 by Ted Hughes, who later translated several of Amichai's books.

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What readers say about Yehuda Amichai

  1. On Once A Great Love

    “I think that the poet seems to be saying that a guy broke her heart and over time, either she forgave him or she no longer cared, her heart was mended. I think when she was talking about "Sea level" & "face level" was that in the desert, there is no sea, unless there's a mirage of one. In a crowd…”

  2. On My Father

    “I read this is Oprah Winphrey's "O" magis\zine and was so moved! I want to give to my father for his birthday. I am curious about one word, however: "tower".....does a magician pull a tower from his hat? Could this me a translation error? Maybe it is suppsed to be "tricks"? Just wondering. It is…”

  3. On A Man In His Life

    “I want to send a thank-you note to Yehuda Amichai's mother. I'm so glad that these poems exist. --------------------------------------------- He takes the most ordinary and simple conclusions or observations and relates them to our world in a way that no poet I've read has done before. He gives…”

  4. On Half The People In The World

    “The 1986 version of The Selected Poetry of Yehuda Amichai that I have (translated by Chana Bloch and Stephen Mitchell) shows shorter lines and no dropped lines in the poem. I'm curious as to which version best shows Amichai's original intent.”

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Most discussed

  1. Once A Great Love7 comments
  2. My Father4 comments
  3. Before2 comments
  4. A Jewish Cemetery In Germany1 comment
  5. A Man In His Life1 comment
  6. God Has Pity On Kindergarten Children1 comment
  7. Half The People In The World1 comment
  8. Love Of Jerusalem1 comment
  9. What Kind Of A Person1 comment

All 38 poems

Poems of Jerusalem and Love Poems · 3 poems
  1. I Don't Know If History Repeats Itself
  2. Once A Great Love7
  3. Quick And Bitter
Other poems · 35
  1. Half The People In The World19581
  2. Near The Wall Of A House1986
  3. You Mustn't Show Weakness1986
  4. Memorial Day For The War Dead1997
  5. A Dog After Love
  6. A Jewish Cemetery In Germany1
  7. A Man In His Life1
  8. A Pity, We Were Such A Good Invention
  9. A Precise Woman
  10. An Arab Shepherd Is Searching For His Goat On Mount Zion
  11. And We Shall Not Get Excited
  12. Before2
  13. Do Not Accept
  14. Ein Yahav
  15. Forgetting Someone
  16. God Full Of Mercy
  17. God Has Pity On Kindergarten Children1
  18. I Have Become Very Hairy
  19. I Know A Man
  20. I Want To Die In My Own Bed
  21. If I Forget Thee, Jerusalem
  22. Jerusalem
  23. Love Of Jerusalem1
  24. My Child Wafts Peace
  25. My Father4
  26. Of Three Or Four In The Room
  27. On Rabbi Kook's Street
  28. Temporary Poem Of My Time
  29. The First Rain
  30. The Little Park Planted
  31. Tourists
  32. Try To Remember Some Details
  33. What Kind Of A Person1
  34. Wildpeace
  35. Yad Mordechai