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Aharon Shabtai Aharon Shabtai (Hebrew: אהרון שבתאי; born April 11, 1939) is an Israeli poet and translator. BiographyAharon Shabtai studied Greek and philosophy in Jerusalem, at the Sorbonne and at Cambridge, and he teaches literature in Tel Aviv University. He has published some 20 books of poetry in Hebrew, and English translations of his work have appeared in the American Poetry Review, the London Review of Books, and Parnassus: Poetry in Review. His poetic style has varied over the years, from minimalist and romantic ("The Domestic Poem"), to erotic ("Ziva") and fiercely political ("Sun Sun"). He is the younger brother of Yaakov Shabtai, author of the novel Past Continuous, and was married to the linguist and political activist Professor Tanya Reinhart until her death in 2007. He is also the uncle of Hamutal Shabtai, who is a psychiatrist and a novelist. Awards and recognition
BooksIn Hebrew
In FrenchLe Poème Domestique, Editions de l’Éclat (Paris), 1987 La Première Lecture, Editions de l’Éclat (Paris), 1990 In EnglishLove and Other Poems, The Sheep Meadow Press (New York), 1997 J’accuse, New Directions (New York), 2003 See alsoReferencesExternal links
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