Yehuda Amichai - Poetry & Short Stories (6 books)

YEHUDA AMICHAI (1924-2000) was an internationally acclaimed Israeli poet who was considered by many to be his country's greatest poet. He was also one of the first to write in colloquial Hebrew. He was awarded the 1957 Shlonsky Prize, the 1969 Brenner Prize, the 1976 Bialik Prize, and the 1982 Israel Prize, in addition to many international honors. Amichai was nominated for the Nobel Prize several times, but never won, and his poetry has been translated into 40 languages.

Amichai's poetry deals with issues of day-to-day life, and with philosophical issues of the meaning of life and death. His work is characterized by gentle irony and original, often surprising imagery. Like many secular Israeli poets, he struggles with religious faith. His poems are full of references to God and the religious experience, and an abiding love of the land.


The following books are in PDF or ePUB format as noted:

* AMEN (Harper & Row, 1977). Translated by the author and Ted Hughes. -- PDF (new scan)

* OPEN CLOSED OPEN: Poems (Harcourt, 2000). Translated by Chana Bloch and Chana Kronfeld. -- ePUB

* POEMS OF JERUSALEM: A Bilingual Edition (Harper & Row, 1988). Various translators. -- PDF (new scan)

* SELECTED POEMS (Penguin, 1971). Translated by Assia Gutmann and Harold Schimmel with the collaboration of Ted Hughes, and with an Introduction by Michael Hamburger. -- PDF (improved version of older scan)

* SELECTED POETRY OF YEHUDA AMICHAI (University of California, 2013). Translated by Chana Bloch and Stephen Mitchell. -- ePUB

* THE WORLD IS A ROOM & OTHER STORIES (Jewish Publication Society, 1984). Translated by Elinor Grumet, Hillel Halkin, Ada Hameirit-Sarell, Jules Harlow, and Yosef Schachter. -- PDF (improved version of older scan)