Late Beauty: Poems by Tuvia Ruebner

by Tuvia Ruebner, Lisa Katz (Translator), Shahar Bram (Translator)

One 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.

Genres: Poetry

120 pages, Paperback

First published March 17, 2015

Reviews

[David · Rating 5 out of 5]

My review appears in New York Journal of Books.

[World Literature Today]

"As he acutely focuses on the interiority of his individualized self, Ruebner poeticizes a philosophical exploration on subjectivity, beauty and aesthetics, death and memory, and the unique relationship between place and dislocation that is so central to an immigrant’s worldview. Such diversity in subject matter engenders Ruebner’s polyphonic textures." - Sasha Strelitz

This book was reviewed in the Jan/Feb 2018 issue of World Literature Today magazine. Read the full review by visiting our website:

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