Lost in Translation: Why the Diaspora Ignores Israeli Literature; Translating Israel; Contemporary Hebrew Literature and Its Reception in America

From: Forward | Date: June 21, 2002| Author: Sokoloff, Naomi | Copyright information


Forward

06-21-2002

Naomi Sokoloff teaches courses on Hebrew literature and Israeli culture at
the University of Washington, where she is a professor in the department of
Near Eastern literatures and civilization. She is co-editor of "Visions And
Divisions In Israeli Society: Books On Israel Vol. 6," to be published
later this year by SUNY Press.

Reading contemporary Hebrew literature in the United States can feel like
finding a hidden treasu...

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