Rami Saari(Hebrew:רמי סערי;b. 17 September 1963,Petah Tikva,Israel) is anIsraelipoet, translator, linguist and literary critic.
Biography
editSaari studied Semitic andUralic languagesat the Universities ofHelsinki,BudapestandJerusalem.He did his PhD inlinguisticsat theHebrew University of Jerusalem.[1]His doctoral thesis, "Maltese Prepositions", was published in 2003 by Carmel Publishing House.
Career
editThe author has published twelve volumes of his own poetry and translated several dozen books of prose and poetry, fromAlbanian,Catalan,Estonian,Finnish,Greek,Hungarian,Portuguese,SpanishandTurkish.[1][2]In 2002-2006, Saari was the national editor of the Israeli pages of the Poetry International website. Saari has won several Israeli literature awards.[1]
Personal life
editSince 2003 he lives and works in several different locales.[1]He also holds Argentine and Finnish citizenships.[3]
Awards and honors
edit- In 1996 and 2003, Saari was awarded the Prime Minister’s Prize for Literature.
- In 2006, he received theTchernichovsky Prizefor exemplary translation.
- In 2010, he was awarded the Asraf Prize of theAcademy of the Hebrew Languagefor his contribution to the enrichment of Hebrew literature.
Works (Hebrew)
editPoetry
edit- Hinneh, Matzati et Beti(Behold, I've Found My Home), Alef, 1988
- Gvarim ba-Tzomet(Men at the Crossroad), Sifriat Poalim, 1991
- Maslul ha-Ke'ev ha-No'az(The Path of Bold Pain), Schocken, 1997
- Ha-Sefer ha-Xai(The Living Book), Hakibbutz Hameuchad, 2001
- Kamma, Kamma Milxama(So Much, So Much War), Hakibbutz Hameuchad, 2002
- Ha-Shogun ha-Xamishi(The Fifth Shogun), Hakibbutz Hameuchad, 2005
- Tab'ot ha-Shanim(Rings of the Years), Hakibbutz Hameuchad, 2008
- Mavo le-Valshanut Minit(Introduction to Sexual Linguistics), Carmel, 2013
- Bnei Kafavis u-Nkhadav(Cavafy's Sons and Grandsons), Carmel, 2015
- Mesarim mi-Loikhpatlistan(Messages from Icouldntcarelessland), Carmel, 2016
- Doktor Yosefa ve-ha-pitgamim(Dr. Josepha and the Proverbs), Carmel, 2019
- Enzimim ba-nefesh ve-yamim ke-tiqqunam(Enzymes in the soul and regularized times), Carmel, 2021
Doctoral thesis
edit- Milot ha-Yakhas ha-Malteziyot(Maltese Prepositions), Carmel, 2003
References
edit- ^abcd"A head in 1,001 places, a body in one".Haaretz. March 26, 2012.RetrievedMarch 27,2012.
- ^Author's biography, Institute for the Translation of Hebrew Literature
- ^"Rami Saari".Estonian Literature Centre.Retrieved10 May2019.
External links
edit- https://www.ramisaari.com/rami-saari/Saari's official web-site
- http://library.osu.edu/projects/hebrew-lexicon/00198Modern Hebrew Literature
- http://www.haaretz.com/culture/arts-leisure/a-head-in-1-001-places-a-body-in-one-1.420744- An interview with the poet and translator
- [1]An interview in Spanish made by the journalist Maya Siminovich where Rami Saari talks about his literary work (April 2019).