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A Sea of Voices
By Marjorie
Agosin
New Perspective on
Israel
Through Women's Poetry
"Women Poets in
Israel" is a uniquely original anthology that brings
together the voices of fifty-one women poets living in
Israel. Each writes in their native language as well as
in Hebrew.
Included are poets from
France,
Spain, Iraq.
Poland, and the USA, who write in French, Yiddish,
Russian, Spanish/Ladino, Arabic, Polish, German, Hebrew, and
English. With multiple poems
from each poet, this anthology, in
which all the poems are translated into English, demonstrates
the diversity of women's poetry in
Israel and shows the multifaceted multilingual experience
of writers
living in an historically complex society. This
mesmerizing and powerful collection evidences how exile and diaspora enrich the poetic tradition of
Israel. The book includes a section on women poets
who write in
Arabic.
Marjorie Agosín
is Professor of Spanish at Wellesley College. She has written over 22
books of poetry, 8 memoirs, and 6 books of fiction, in Spanish
and English, and has received numerous awards, including the
Gabriela Mistral Medal of Honor, The UN Leadership Award
in Human Rights, the Latina Award, the First Prize for Poetry
from Letras de Oro, the Latino Literature Prize, and the
National Mujer Award. She was named by Hispanic Magazine an
Outstanding Latina woman.
ALSO AVAILABLE
by Marjorie Agosin
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Mother, Speak to Us of War 1-890932-32-9
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Poems for Josefina 1-890932-24-8
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