poems by Mordechai Geldman (Israel).
Awards: the Prime Minister Prize; the Brenner Prize for literature; the Amichai Prize; the Bialik Prize for Literature..
Geldman was an art critic for the Israeli daily Haaretz, and curated exhibitions for many Israeli artists.
As a visual artist Geldman is engaged in painting, ceramics and photography.
His non-fiction books deal with subjects as the self in psychoanalytic theories and in Yoga and Buddhism, psychoanalytic interpretation of literature, doubles and symmetries in Shakespeare\'s plays, his favorite Israeli poets and artists, etc.
A large collection of his poems in English was published in 2018 at Suny Press, State University of N.
Y.
His book "Becoming One" was translated to Portuguese ("Teoria Do Um") and published in Portugal, 2017.
His poems were translated into many languages, Chinese and Japanese included.
His last poetry book is the third volume of the collection of his poetry written till 2019.
A two volume collection of poems from his books was published in 2011.
He has published 19 poetry books, a book of short stories and 6 non-fiction books.
A sober mind integrates all these aspects of his personality.
His poetry sings with many voices - lyrical, philosophical, sensual, erotic, religious, ironic and others.
He was influenced by Zen Buddhist esthetics and philosophy.
His later poetry tends to be meditative and includes many haiku.
It combines literary Hebrew and everyday language, even some slang.
His poetry is philosophical, psychological, and existential.
Geldman, now one of Israel\'s major poets, has begun publishing poetry in 1966.
Geldman studied world Literature, and Clinical Psychology and works as a psychotherapist using psychoanalytical methods.
His family immigrated to Israel in 1949 and settled in Tel Aviv, where he has lived ever since.
Mordechai Geldman was born in Munich to Polish parents who had survived the Holocaust.
poems by Mordechai Geldman (Israel)
