Asher Reich 
Author

Poems

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Übersetzung

על מותו של משורר hebrew

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הכושר להיות hebrew

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השיר הארוך hebrew

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טשרניחובסקי פינת הירקון hebrew

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בֱּקָרִים בָּאִים אֵלַי בִּרְכִיבָה hebrew

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שיר רקע hebrew

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עוגיות מזל hebrew

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קִיבֶּרְנֶטִיקָנוֹס hebrew

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ויטראז' hebrew

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קוים לדיוקן : עבודה מוקדמת hebrew

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Asher Reich 
Author

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* 05.09.1937, Jerusalem, Israel
lives in: Tel Aviv, Israel

Asher Reich was born in Jerusalem in 1937. He grew up isolated from modern life in Jerusalem’s Jewish Orthodox quarter Mea Sharim. He had a strict and purely orthodox upbringing and education, and his schooling was based exclusively on the scriptures. At the age of 18 he took the radical step of leaving the quarter.

After his military service he studied Hebrew Literature and Philosophy at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem. Reich worked in Tel Aviv as a journalist and editor for several newspapers, as well as teaching Creative Writing at the Be’er Sheva University. Between 1980 and 2002 he was the chief editor of 'Moznain', the literary publication of the Israeli Authors’ Association.

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Reichs first poetry volume 'Ha-Shana Ha-Svi’it Le-Nedudai' (Engl: In the Seventh Year) was published in 1961, and won the Anne Frank Award from the American Israeli Cultural Foundation. To date, thirteen poetry volumes have been published, among them 'Zrihat Layla' (1972; Engl: Night Rise), 'Avodot Al Nyar' (1988; Engl: Work on Paper) and 'Musikat Horef' (1996; Engl: Winter Music).

Together with his poetry publications, radio plays and stories, Reich has also published the autobiographical novel 'Zichronot Shel Holeh Schiheha' (1993; Engl: Memoirs of a Forgetful Person). It was written while in Berlin receiving a DAAD grant. He has received a string of awards for his work, including the Israeli Presidential Prize for Literature in 2000.

Asher Reich lives in Tel Aviv.

Publications
  • Tel Aviver Ungeduld

    Gedichte

    Frankfurt am Main: axel dielmann verlag,

  • [In the Seventh Year]

    Poetry

    (Hebrew)

    Tel Aviv: Ekked, 1963

  • [Night Rise]

    Poetry

    (Hebrew)

    Tel Aviv: Ekked, 1972

  • [State of Affairs]

    Poetry

    (Hebrew)

    Tel Aviv: Hakibbutz Hameuchad, 1975

  • [A View of the Land]

    Poetry

    (Hebrew)

    Tel Aviv: Massada, 1978

  • [Women Rites]

    Poetry

    (Hebrew)

    Achshav, 1980

  • [A New Packet]

    Poetry

    (Hebrew)

    Tel Aviv: Am Oved, 1983

  • [Selected Poems]

    Poetry

    (Hebrew)

    Sifriat Poalim, 1986

  • [Works on Paper]

    Poetry

    (Hebrew)

    Tel Aviv: Zmora Bitan, 1988

  • [Reminiscences of an Amnesiac]

    Novel

    (Hebrew)

    Ma'ariv, 1993

  • [Fictional Evidence]

    Poetry

    (Hebrew)

    Tel Aviv: Hakibbutz Hameuchad, 1993

  • [Winter Music]

    Poetry

    (Hebrew)

    Helikon, 1996

  • [Rhythm for Poetry]

    Poetry

    (Hebrew)

    Tel Aviv: Hakibbutz Hameuchad, 1998

  • [A Man with a Door]

    Stories

    (Hebrew)

    Tel Aviv: Yediot Aharonot, 1998

  • [A View of the Land]

    (Hebrew)

    Tel Aviv: Hakibbutz Hameuchad, 1999

Awards
  • 1987 Bernstein-Preis für Poesie

  • 1989 und 2 Preis des Ministerpräsidenten

  • 1999 Preis des Staatspräsidenten für Literatur

  • 2000 Israeli Presidential Prize for Literature