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Book SynopsisOne of Israel's most celebrated poets, Tuvia Ruebner has been awarded every major literary prize in Israel, including the Prime Minister's Prize and the prestigious Israel Prize (2008), and numerous awards in Germany, including the Konrad Adenauer Literature Prize (2012). Born in Slovakia, he is a prolific poet who wrote his first works in German, and began writing in Hebrew in 1953. His work is pervaded with a sense of both public and personal loss, including that of his first homeland, culture, and family in the Holocaust, and later on, his first wife and son. He immigrated to Mandatory Palestine in 1941, and eventually settled in Kibbutz Merhavia where he lives today.
Table of ContentsLate Beauty: Table of Contents Introduction ON TIME URUGUAY-GHANA 2010 POSTCARD TO MY SOUL MATE POSTCARD FROM THE HEBRON AREA POSTCARD FROM VIENNA POSTCARD FROM PRESSBURG-BRATISLAVA POSTCARD FROM ŠAŠTIN: AUTUMN BONFIRES POSTCARD FROM ZURICH POSTCARD FROM LONDON POSTCARD FROM JERUSALEM THE AMBASSADORS THE YOUTHS THE SMILE THE DESCENT FROM THE CROSS ANGELUS NOVUS THE FALL HORSE AND RIDER THREE CHINESE SKETCHES PICTURE AND DIALOGUE TWO ZEN PICTURES FOUR JAPANESE WOODCUTS: OLD AGE CHALK CLIFFS ON RUEGEN THE SHIP WHY WITH A BLUE HEADBAND BLACK WATERCOLORS THE LAST SUPPER MY FATHER HOME A PHOTO OF MY SISTER IN THE JEWISH MIXED-AGE CLASSROOM, SASTIN, APRIL 1942 THE GREAT DAYS OF THE CENTURY I DIDN’T EXPECT RAINY DAY AND A PHOTO THE SHINING DAY ORPHIC LIGHT PHOTO HISTORY CHANGES Notes to the Poems
