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Yehuda Amichai

イェフダ・アミハイ

Yehuda Amichai

Aliases: Ludwig Pfeuffer

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1924-05-03 (Würzburg)
Died
2000-09-22 (Jerusalem) age 76
Nationality
Israeli
Languages
Hebrew, German
Religion
Orthodox Judaism
Residence History
Petah Tikva (1935) → Jerusalem (1936-2000)

Career

Occupations
poet, author, teacher, soldier
Active Years
1955-2000
Affiliations
Palmach, Haganah, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Memberships
Honorary Member of American Academy of Arts and Letters, Foreign Honorary Member of American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Influenced By
Dylan Thomas, T. S. Eliot, W. H. Auden
Influenced
Many contemporary Israeli poets
Nominations
Nominated several times for Nobel Prize in Literature

Education

David Yellin College of Education
Education
Period: 1946頃
Country: Israel
Teacher in Haifa
Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Torah and Hebrew literature
Period: 1948以降
Country: Israel

Awards

Shlonsky Prize
1957
Result: 受賞
Brenner Prize
1969
Result: 受賞
Bialik Prize
1976
Category: 文学
Result: 受賞
Israel Prize
1982
Category: ヘブライ詩
Result: 受賞
Agnon Prize
1986
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Now and in Other Days

1955 Poetry

First book of poetry.

everyday lifelovedeath
Translations
  • Translated into many languages

Bibliography

  • 17 books of poetry, novels, etc.

Translations of Works

  • Translated into 40 languages

Style & Themes

Literary Style
colloquial Hebrewgentle ironysurprising imagery
Recurring Motifs
lovedeathwarGodJerusalem

Health

  • cancer
    晩年
    Died in 2000

Legacy

One of the first to write in colloquial Hebrew. Most internationally renowned Israeli poet.

Archives

  • Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University

In Popular Culture

  • Streets named after him in Israel and Würzburg.

Quotes

  • I am also living among the dead.
  • God Has Pity on Kindergarten Children
    Source: Poem

Trivia

  • Changed name to Amichai meaning 'my nation lives'.
  • Childhood friend 'Little Ruth' influenced his work.