Dan Pagis
             Dan Pagis (1930 - 1986), s-a nascut in Bucovina, Romania si in timpul celui de-al doilea razboi mondial a fost internat intr-un lagar. A sosit in Israel in 1946 si a devenit invatator intr-un chibut. A studiat la Universitatea Ebraica din Ierusalim unde, dupa absolvire, a predat ca profesor de literatutra ebraica medievala. A publicat studii de estetica a poeziei medievale si o editie critica a operei poetice a lui Daniel Vogel. Dan Pagis a devenit una dintre cele mai vibrante voci ale poeziei moderne israeliene si este considerat ca unul din marii poeti ai lumii ai generatiei sale. In anul 1990, un volum cu traduceri din poezia sa in limba engleza a primit Premiul anual "Harold Morton Landon Translation Awatd" pentru poezii traduse in engleza, distinctie acordata de Academia americana pentru poezie.

                                                     Carti publicate
 Carti de poezie
 The Shadow Dial, Sifriat Poalim, 1959 [Shaon Ha-Hol]
 Late Leisure, Sifriat Poalim, 1964 [Sheut Meuheret]
 Transformation, Massada/Hebrew Writers Association, 1970 [Gilgul]
 Brain, Hakibbutz Hameuchad, 1975 [Moah]
 Double Exposure, Hakibbutz Hameuchad, 1982 [Milim Nirdafot]
 Twelve Faces, Hakibbutz Hameuchad, 1984 [Shneim Asar Panim]
 Last Poems, Hakibbutz Hameuchad, 1987 [Shirim Aharonim]
 Collected Poems, Hakibbutz Hameuchad/Bialik Institute, 1991 [Col
 Ha-Shirim]

Carti pentru copii
 The Egg That Tried To Disguise Itself, Am Oved, 1973 [Ha-Beitzah
 She-Hithapsah]

Studii
 The Poems of Levi Ibn Al-Tabban, Israel Academy of Sciences and
 Humanities, 1968 [Shirei Levi Ibn Alatabban]
 Secular Poetry and Poetic Theory: Moses Ibn-Ezra and his Contemporaries,
 Bialik Institute, 1970 [Shirat Ha-Hol Ve-Torat Ha-Shir Le-Moshe Eben Ezra
 U-Vnei Doro]
 Change and Tradition in Secular Poetry: Spain and Italy, Keter, 1976
 The Scarlet Thread - Hebrew Love Poems from Spain, Italy, Turkey and the
 Yemen (edited by Dan Pagis), Hakibbutz Hameuchad, 1979 [Ke-Hut
 Ha-Shani]
 A Secret Sealed, Magnes- Hebrew University, 1986 [Al Sod Hatum]
 Poetry Aptly Explained - Studies and Essays on Medieval Hebrew Poetry ,
 The Magnes Press, Hebrew University, 1993 [Ha-Shir Davur Al Ofanav]

Carti traduse
 Selected Poems
 English: Princeton, Quarterly Review of Literature Series, 1992; London,
 Menard Press, 1972; Philadelphia, Jewish Society of America, 1981;
 Berkeley, University of California Press, 1996; San Francisco, North Point,
 1989
 German: Straelen, Straelener Manuskripte, 1990; Frankfurt am Main,
 Surkhamp, 1993
 Spanish: Granada, Universidad de Granada, 1994

             Poeme ale sale au mai fist publicate in limbile afrikaana, ceha, daneza olandeza, estona, romana, franceza, greaca, ungara, italiana, idis, japoneza, poloneza, portugheza, sarba, suedeza, vietnameza

                                 "The poems glow with pleasure in themselves. One can
                                 hear a kind of laughter resonating, as if having surpassed
                                 the moment and its trial, having presented suffering yet
                                 having set distance from it through the medium of his art.
                                 Though Dan Pagis has died too soon, may we learn
                                 from him to live."--David Ignatow

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