{"product_id":"selected-poetry-and-drama-by-lea-goldberg","title":"Selected Poetry and Drama By Lea Goldberg","description":"\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(36, 36, 36); font-family: \" palatino linotype antiqua serif font-size:=\"\"\u003eLea Goldberg was one of Israel's most beloved authors. Best known as a poet, she was the author of children's books, plays and essays. She was also a theater critic, editor, translator and founder of Hebrew University's Department of Comparative Literature.Selected Poetry and Drama is a collection of Goldberg's best-known poems, translated by Rachel Tzvia Back and Goldberg's only play, The Lady of the Castle, by T. Carmi.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"font-family: \" palatino linotype antiqua serif font-size:=\"\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(36, 36, 36); font-family: \" palatino linotype antiqua serif font-size:\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"font-family: \" palatino linotype antiqua serif font-size:=\"\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(15, 17, 17); font-family: \" palatino linotype antiqua serif font-size: background-color: rgb\u003eThis collection features a new translation by Rachel Tzvia Back of a large selection of Goldberg's poetry, as well at T. Carmi's classic translation of her only work for the theatre, The Lady of the Castle.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(36, 36, 36); font-family: \" palatino linotype antiqua serif font-size:\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"font-family: \" palatino linotype antiqua serif font-size:=\"\"\u003e\n\u003ch1 class=\"text-center text-md-left\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-family: \" palatino linotype antiqua serif margin: line-height: font-size: color: rgb\u003eLea Goldberg\u003c\/h1\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(69, 69, 69); font-family: \" palatino linotype antiqua serif font-size:\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 15px; color: rgb(36, 36, 36); line-height: 24px; font-size: 16px; font-family: \" palatino linotype antiqua serif\u003eLeah Goldberg (1911-1970) was a prolific Hebrew-language poet, author, playwright, literary translator, and comparative literary researcher. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 15px; color: rgb(36, 36, 36); line-height: 24px; font-size: 16px; font-family: \" palatino linotype antiqua serif\u003eGoldberg worked as a high-school teacher and earned a living writing rhymed advertisements until she was hired as an editor by the Hebrew newspapers Davar and Al HaMishmar. She also worked as a children's book editor at Sifriyat Po'alim publishing house, while also writing theatre reviews and literary columns. In 1954 she became a literature lecturer at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, advancing to senior lecturer in 1957 and full professor in 1963, when she was appointed head of the university's Department of Comparative Literature.\u003cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003e\u003cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003eGoldberg wrote Hebrew poetry, drama, and children's literature. Goldberg's books for children, among them \"A Flat for Rent\" (\u003cem style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-family: \" palatino linotype antiqua serif font-size:\u003edira lehaskir\u003c\/em\u003e) and \"Miracles and Wonders\" (\u003cem style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-family: \" palatino linotype antiqua serif font-size:\u003enisim uniflaot\u003c\/em\u003e), have become classics of Hebrew-language children's literature.\u003cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003e\u003cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003eWith exemplary knowledge of seven languages, Goldberg also translated numerous foreign literary works exclusively into Modern Hebrew from Russian, Lithuanian, German, Italian, French, and English.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 15px; color: rgb(36, 36, 36); line-height: 24px; font-size: 16px; font-family: \" palatino linotype antiqua serif\u003eHer writings are considered classics of Israeli literature.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Koren Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44064224084133,"sku":"9781592641116","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0558\/8860\/9445\/files\/978-1592641116_0df503a0-9e1c-4e10-a93e-e6091750848b.jpg?v=1725094123","url":"https:\/\/www.israelbookshop.com\/products\/selected-poetry-and-drama-by-lea-goldberg","provider":"IsraelBookShop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}