Today on line, a salute to American-Israeli poet Shirley Kaufman
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This notice has come in from the Yetzirah organization. It refers to an event at 12 – 1:30 Eastern Time, which would be 7 pm in Israel.
This Sunday, the Yetzirah Book Club celebrates prize-winning American-Israeli poet, Shirley Kaufman.
Kaufman was born in Seattle, Washington, and lived in San Francisco until 1973, when she immigrated to Jerusalem. Eight volumes of her poetry have been published in the United States, including Roots in the Air: New & Selected Poems (1996), and she also published several books of translations from the Hebrew including The Flower of Anarchy by Meir Wieseltier, which won a translation grant from the National Endowment for the Arts.
In 2006, she was awarded the Israel Prize, the country’s highest honor, which was presented at the President’s house by Shimon Peres the following year.
March 9, 12-1:30 pm ET, host Rick Chess will be joined by Alicia Ostriker, Carol Moldaw, and special guest Grace Schulman to discuss Kaufman's life and legacy with a a reading and conversation centered on Roots in the Air. You can register here.
Kaufman was born in Seattle, Washington, and lived in San Francisco until 1973, when she immigrated to Jerusalem. Eight volumes of her poetry have been published in the United States, including Roots in the Air: New & Selected Poems (1996), and she also published several books of translations from the Hebrew including The Flower of Anarchy by Meir Wieseltier, which won a translation grant from the National Endowment for the Arts.
In 2006, she was awarded the Israel Prize, the country’s highest honor, which was presented at the President’s house by Shimon Peres the following year.
March 9, 12-1:30 pm ET, host Rick Chess will be joined by Alicia Ostriker, Carol Moldaw, and special guest Grace Schulman to discuss Kaufman's life and legacy with a a reading and conversation centered on Roots in the Air. You can register here.
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