Israeli poet, linguist and translator
Rami Saari Rami Saari (Hebrew : רמי סערי ; b. 17 September 1963, Petah Tikva , Israel ) is an Israeli poet, translator, linguist and literary critic.
Biography Saari studied Semitic and Uralic languages at the Universities of Helsinki , Budapest and Jerusalem . He did his PhD in linguistics at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem .[1] His doctoral thesis, "Maltese Prepositions", was published in 2003 by Carmel Publishing House.
Career The author has published twelve volumes of his own poetry and translated several dozen books of prose and poetry, from Albanian , Catalan , Estonian , Finnish , Greek , Hungarian , Portuguese , Spanish and Turkish .[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 Since 2003 he lives and works in several different locales.[1] He also holds Argentine and Finnish citizenships.[3]
Awards and honors In 1996 and 2003, Saari was awarded the Prime Minister’s Prize for Literature. In 2006, he received the Tchernichovsky Prize for exemplary translation. In 2010, he was awarded the Asraf Prize of the Academy of the Hebrew Language for his contribution to the enrichment of Hebrew literature. Works (Hebrew) Poetry Hinneh, Matzati et Beti (Behold, I've Found My Home), Alef, 1988Gvarim ba-Tzomet (Men at the Crossroad), Sifriat Poalim, 1991Maslul ha-Ke'ev ha-No'az (The Path of Bold Pain), Schocken, 1997Ha-Sefer ha-Xai (The Living Book), Hakibbutz Hameuchad, 2001Kamma, Kamma Milxama (So Much, So Much War), Hakibbutz Hameuchad, 2002Ha-Shogun ha-Xamishi (The Fifth Shogun), Hakibbutz Hameuchad, 2005Tab'ot ha-Shanim (Rings of the Years), Hakibbutz Hameuchad, 2008Mavo le-Valshanut Minit (Introduction to Sexual Linguistics), Carmel, 2013Bnei Kafavis u-Nkhadav (Cavafy's Sons and Grandsons), Carmel, 2015Mesarim mi-Loikhpatlistan (Messages from Icouldntcarelessland), Carmel, 2016Doktor Yosefa ve-ha-pitgamim (Dr. Josepha and the Proverbs), Carmel, 2019Enzimim ba-nefesh ve-yamim ke-tiqqunam (Enzymes in the soul and regularized times), Carmel, 2021Doctoral thesis Milot ha-Yakhas ha-Malteziyot (Maltese Prepositions), Carmel, 2003References ^ a b c d "A head in 1,001 places, a body in one". Haaretz. March 26, 2012. Retrieved March 27, 2012 . ^ Author's biography, Institute for the Translation of Hebrew Literature ^ "Rami Saari". Estonian Literature Centre [et] . Retrieved 10 May 2019 . External links https://www.ramisaari.com/rami-saari/ Saari's official web-site http://library.osu.edu/projects/hebrew-lexicon/00198 Modern 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).
