Aharon Shabtai

Aharon Shabtai (; born April 11, 1939) is an Israeli poet and translator.

Biography Aharon 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 In 1993, Shabtai received the Israeli Prime Minister's Prize For his translations. In 1999, Shabtai was awarded the Tchernichovsky Prize for exemplary translation.

Books

In Hebrew Zima (Lust), Brosh, 2014 (with Jonathan Hirschfeld) Shemesh Shemesh (Sun Sun), Hargol, 2006 Artzenu (Our Land), Ha-kibbutz ha-meuchad, 2002 Politiqa (Politics), Even Hoshen, 1999 Be-xodesh May ha-nifla’ (In the Wonderful Month of May), Siman Qri’a/ Ha-kibbutz ha-meuchad, 1997 Ha-lev (The Heart), Siman Qri’a/ Ha-kibbutz ha-meuchad, 1995 Metaziviqa (Metazivika), Zmora Bitan, 1992 Ziva (Ziva), Zmora Bitan, 1990 Gerushin (Divorce), Mosad Bialik, 1990 Ahava (Love), ‛Am ‛Oved, 1988 Begin (Begin), Keter, 1986 Ha-hartza’a ha-rishona (The First Lecture), ‛Akhshav, 1985 Sefer ha-klum (The Book of Nothing), Sifriyat Po‛alim, 1982 Ha-xamor (The Donkey), ‛Eqed, 1982 Xut (Thread), Proza, 1981 Xara’, mavet (Shit, Death), ‛Akhshav, 1979 Ha-po’ema ha-beytit (The Domestic Poem), Siman Qri’a, 1976 Qibbutz (Kibbutz), Ha-kibbutz ha-meuchad, 1973 Xadar ha-morim (Teachers’ Room), ‛Akhshav, 1966

In French Le Poème Domestique, Editions de l’Éclat (Paris), 1987 La Première Lecture, Editions de l’Éclat (Paris), 1990

In English Love and Other Poems, The Sheep Meadow Press (New York), 1997 J’accuse, New Directions (New York), 2003