{"product_id":"futureman-paperback","title":"Futureman - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDavid Avidan\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eTsipi Keller\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator), \u003cb\u003eAnat Weisman\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDavid Avidan was himself a Futureman, a self-described \"Galactic Poet\" and radical individualist known for his innovative use of Hebrew both on the page and in his performances and films. Recognized by the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e as one of the poets that \"helped the biblical tongue evolve into a modern, living language,\" Avidan played in his work with lexical and syntactical innovations, neologisms, various registers of Hebrew throughout its history, and colloquial speech, which he believed deserved its place in poetry. Ever the innovator, in 1974 he even conducted a poetic dialogue with a computer. \u003ci\u003eFutureman\u003c\/i\u003e, in Tsipi Keller's virtuosic translation, introduces selections from across Avidan's groundbreaking oeuvre to English-language readers for the first time. Scholar Anat Weisman, in her illuminating introduction \"David Avidan: The Sadosemantic Poet,\" provides the literary, social, and cultural background to Avidan's work.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003ePoet, translator, painter, filmmaker, playwright, and publisher \u003cb\u003eDavid Avidan\u003c\/b\u003e (1934-1995) was born in Tel Aviv, where he lived and worked. A major force in contemporary Hebrew poetry and a leading innovator and artist, Avidan published nineteen books of poetry, as well as plays and children's books. His work has been translated into twenty languages, and collections of his poems have been published in Arabic, French, and Russian. He wrote and directed four short films, including \"Sex,\" which was shown at the Cannes International Film Festival in 1971. He translated plays by Chekhov, Brecht, and Friedrich Schiller, as well as Hamlet, and the play adaptation of Allen Ginsberg's \u003ci\u003eKaddish\u003c\/i\u003e. His \u003ci\u003eCollected Poems\u003c\/i\u003e, in four volumes, was published by Hakibbutz Hameuchad, Bialik Institute in 2009-2011. Among his awards, he won the Abraham Woursell Award from the University of Vienna, the Bialik Award, and the Prime Minister Award. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eTsipi Keller\u003c\/b\u003e was born in Prague, raised in Israel, studied in Paris, and now lives in the U.S. Novelist and translator and the author of eleven books, she is the recipient of several literary awards, including National Endowment for the Arts Translation Fellowships, New York Foundation for the Arts Fiction grants, and an Armand G. Erpf Translation Award from Columbia University. Her translations have appeared in literary journals and anthologies in the U.S. and Europe, as well as in \u003ci\u003eThe Posen Library of Jewish Culture and Civilization\u003c\/i\u003e (Yale University Press, 2012). Her \u003ci\u003ePoets on the Edge: An Anthology of Contemporary Hebrew Poetry\u003c\/i\u003e (SUNY Press, 2008) has received many accolades, and deemed: Not since Carmi's 1981 Penguin Book of Hebrew Verse has a volume of such significance been published (The Forward). Her most recent collections are Raquel Chalfi's \u003ci\u003eReality Crumbs\u003c\/i\u003e (SUNY Press, 2015), and Erez Bitton's \u003ci\u003eYou Who Cross My Path\u003c\/i\u003e (BOA Editions, 2015).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 180\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.42 x 8 x 5.25 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 29, 2017\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42692935811135,"sku":"9781944700140","price":19.2,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/bd95883c06fee32d0fcc7414f9dd5625.webp?v=1764997152","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/futureman-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}