Aharon Shabtai

Aharon Shabtai (Hebrew: אהרון שבתאי; born April 11, 1939) is an Israeli poet and translator.

Biography

Aharon Shabtai studied Greek and philosophy in Jerusalem, at the Sorbonne and at Cambridge, and he teaches literature in Tel Aviv University. He has published some 20 books of poetry in Hebrew, and English translations of his work have appeared in the American Poetry Review, the London Review of Books, and Parnassus: Poetry in Review.

His poetic style has varied over the years, from minimalist and romantic ("The Domestic Poem"), to erotic ("Ziva") and fiercely political ("Sun Sun").

He is the younger brother of Yaakov Shabtai, author of the novel Past Continuous, and was married to the linguist and political activist Professor Tanya Reinhart until her death in 2007. He is also the uncle of Hamutal Shabtai, who is a psychiatrist and a novelist.

Awards and recognition

In 1993, Shabtai received the Israeli Prime Minister's Prize For his translations.
In 1999, Shabtai was awarded the Tchernichovsky Prize for exemplary translation.

Books

In Hebrew

Shemesh Shemesh (Sun Sun), Hargol, 2006
Artzenu (Our Land), Ha-kibbutz ha-meuchad, 2002
Politiqa (Politics), Even Hoshen, 1999
Be-xodesh May ha-nifla’ (In the Wonderful Month of May), Siman Qri’a/ Ha-kibbutz ha-meuchad, 1997
Ha-lev (The Heart), Siman Qri’a/ Ha-kibbutz ha-meuchad, 1995
Metaziviqa (Metazivika), Zmora Bitan, 1992
Ziva (Ziva), Zmora Bitan, 1990
Gerushin (Divorce), Mosad Bialik, 1990
Ahava (Love), ‛Am ‛Oved, 1988
Begin (Begin), Keter, 1986
Ha-hartza’a ha-rishona (The First Lecture), ‛Akhshav, 1985
Sefer ha-klum (The Book of Nothing), Sifriyat Po‛alim, 1982
Ha-xamor (The Donkey), ‛Eqed, 1982
Xut (Thread), Proza, 1981
Xara’, mavet (Shit, Death), ‛Akhshav, 1979
Ha-po’ema ha-beytit (The Domestic Poem), Siman Qri’a, 1976
Qibbutz (Kibbutz), Ha-kibbutz ha-meuchad, 1973
Xadar ha-morim (Teachers’ Room), ‛Akhshav, 1966

In French

Le Poème Domestique, Editions de l’Éclat (Paris), 1987 La Première Lecture, Editions de l’Éclat (Paris), 1990

In English

Love and Other Poems, The Sheep Meadow Press (New York), 1997 J’accuse, New Directions (New York), 2003

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