Yehuda Amichai

Biography

Yehuda Amichai (1924-2000) is recognized as one of Israel’s finest poets. His poems—written in Hebrew—have been translated into forty languages, and volumes of his work have been published in English, French, German, Swedish, Spanish, and Catalan. He received many awards and honors during his life, including a Literary Lion Award from the New York Public Library. 

See Work

POETRY / Autumn 1996

Ruhama

By Yehuda Amichai

Here in this wadi we lived during the war.
Many years have passed since then, many victories
and many defeats. I have gathered many consolations in my life

POETRY / Autumn 1996

The Shore of Ashkelon

By Yehuda Amichai

Here at the shore of Ashkelon we arrived at
the end of memory
like rivers that reach the sea.

POETRY / Autumn 1996

My Mother Died on Shavuot

By Yehuda Amichai

My mother died on Shavuot, at the end of
the Counting of the Omer.
Her oldest brother died in 1916; he fell in the war.