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Monthly Archives: May 2011
English translations of Basman Ben-Hayim’s poetry
I have translated some of the poems that the poet recites on this blog. In time, I will post them. Meantime, all translations of Basman Ben-Hayim’s poems are most welcome. If there are other translations not mentioned here, please feel … Continue reading
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Encyclopedia Article on Basman Ben-Hayim
The following article on Basman Ben-Hayim appears in the Encyclopedia of Jewish Women. It is a bit out of date, but it gives the names of the poet’s books and some extra biographical information not found in the other articles. … Continue reading
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“My Desert is Hotter”
The following article, gives an overview of Basman Ben-Hayim’s poetry. It has English translations of poems not found in the introductory essay here (“Not Yet…”), an extended bibliography of translations of her poems into Hebrew and references to translations into English other … Continue reading
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Hear the Poet Recite Her Own Poetry
The following 70 tracks were on a CD that Basman Ben-Hayim made in Israel. She and the producer of the CD disc, Mr. Leo Fayerman, have given me permission to put these recordings online for the general public. addendum for … Continue reading
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Not Yet: A Great Yiddish Poet Still Lives
Not Yet– A Great Yiddish Poet Still Lives When Avrohom Sutzkever died in January, 2010, word went out that “the last great Yiddish poet” was gone. But there is a very different, very fine Yiddish poet who is … Continue reading
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