The full pomegranate : poems of Avrom Sutzkever / selected and translated by Richard J. Fein ; introduction by Justin Cammy ; preparation of the Yiddish text by Harry Bochner and David Braun.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sutzkever, Abraham, 1913-2010, author.

Contributor:

Fein, Richard J., 1929- translator.

Cammy, Justin Daniel, writer of introduction.

Bochner, Harry, 1954- editor.

Braun, David, editor.

Series:

SUNY series in modern Jewish literature and culture

Excelsior editions

SUNY series in contemporary Jewish literature and culture

Standardized Title:

Poems. Selections. English

Language:

English

Yiddish

Subjects (All):

Sutzkever, Abraham, 1913-2010--Translations into English.

Sutzkever, Abraham.

Sutzkever, Abraham, 1913-2010.

Yiddish poetry--20th century--Translations into English.

Yiddish poetry.

Genre:

Poetry.

Physical Description:

xlvi, 270 pages ; 21 cm.

Place of Publication:

Albany, NY : Excelsior Editions, An Imprint of State University of New York Press, [2019]

Contents:

From Collected Poems, volume one (1963)

Siberia

In the Village p. 2

At Dawn p. 8

Recognition p. 10

Like a Sleigh in Its Wistful Ringing p. 14

Fiery Pelt p. 16

In a Siberian Forest p. 18

To My Father p. 24

Irtysh p. 26

Snowman p. 28

Siberian Spring p. 32

Kyrgyz p. 36

My Friend Tshanguri p. 38

By a Bonfire p. 44

North Star p. 48

A Haystack p. 50

Ant Nest p. 52

Poems to a Sleepwalker p. 54

Two Bullets p. 58

In the Cell p. 60

I Lie in a Coffin p. 62

From a Lost Poem p. 64

Every Hour, Every Day p. 68

The Burial p. 70

To the Thin Vein on My Head p. 74

The Woman of Marble in Père Lachaise p. 76

From Collected Poems, Volume Two (1963)

Deer by the Red Sea p. 84

Denkmol nokh a ferd p. 86

Blackberries p. 88

Trained Animals p. 90

A Poem without a Name p. 92

[Gather me ...] p. 96

From Square Letters and Magical Signs (1968)

When the River Overran Its Banks p. 100

To Leivick p. 104

Poem without a Name p. 108

From Ripe Faces (1970)

Firefighters p. 118

From The Fiddle Rose (1974)

Granite Wings p. 124

From Both Ends of the World p. 128

The Full Pomegranate p. 132

Collected Treasures p. 142

Wonder p. 144

Alto Cellos p. 146

[Here I am fated to see ...] p. 148

From Twin Brother (1986)

[Who will last ...] p. 154

[Good morning, woodpecker ...] p. 156

[Fate-hairy dog ...] p. 158

[Who blessed me ...] p. 160

[Gone, the green ...] p. 164

[Draw a thread ...] p. 166

[I remember Pasternak ...] p. 170

[And if I go ...] p. 174

[It belongs to me ...] p. 178

[Death redeems death ...] p. 180

[A woman points ...] p. 182

[My unborn heir ...] p. 184

[Memory of three ...] p. 186

[Good morning, young ...] p. 190

[When your words ...] p. 192

["How come you don't mention ..."] p. 194

[A distant mornings ...] p. 198

[Not even the least ...] p. 200

[Ever since my pious mother ...] p. 202

[Tell me, what did you want ...] p. 204

[I am your abyss ...] p. 206

[I read texts ...] p. 208

[I still owe you ...] p. 212

[The murmur-hieroglyphics ...] p. 214

[Where are they ...] p. 216

[Not one, not two ...] p. 218

From In Somewhere-Night of Black Honey p. 222

From The Heir of Rain (1992)

[Two-legged grasses ...] p. 232

Like Sun through a Crevice p. 234

Poem about Nothing p. 236

I Seek Those Few People Who to This Day Remember My Mother p. 238

[Soon it will happen!] p. 250

From Shaken Walls (1996)

[Just before his bar mitzvah ...] p. 244

[A special announcement ...] p. 246

[It sometimes seems to me ...] p. 248

[All that is past ...] p. 250

[I know that nothing remains ...] p. 252

[I regret that I was born ...] p. 254

Sporadic visitant ..., p. 257 / Richard J. Fein.

Notes:

English with original yiddish text.

ISBN:

9781438472508

1438472501

OCLC:

1025369021