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Nathan Alterman (Hebrew: נתן אלתרמן; August 14, 1910 – March 28, 1970) was an Israeli poet, playwright, journalist, and translator. Though never holding any elected office, Alterman was highly influential in Socialist Zionist politics, both before and after the establishment of the modern State of Israel in 1948.
Nathan Alterman was born in 1910 in Warsaw, Poland, settled in Tel Aviv in 1925 and died there in 1970. Though he studied agronomy in France, he worked mostly as a translator for Hebrew newspapers. His first poems were published in 1931 and his first book, Stars Outside, was published in 1938.
Six Poems from the Hebrew: The Books – Commentary Magazine. A Poem. by Nathan Alterman. Translation is by Sholom J. Kahn. _____________ Autumn has—its polished brass. The rising wave—its frosty pride. And the never-to-be-forgotten books. their light that’s left unnamed. I remember the candle burning over battles in the volume.
ALTERMAN, NATHAN (1910–1970), Israeli poet. Alterman, who was born in Warsaw, settled in Tel Aviv in 1925. He published his first poem in 1931.
Nathan Alterman was born in 1910 in Warsaw, Poland, settled in Tel Aviv in 1925 and died there in 1970. Though he studied agronomy in France, he worked mostly as a translator for Hebrew newspapers. His first poems were published in 1931 and his first book, Stars Outside, was published in 1938.
Nathan Alterman was an Israeli poet, playwright, journalist, and translator. Though never holding any elected office, Alterman was highly influential in Socialist Zionist politics, both before and after the establishment of the modern State of Israel in 1948.
Alterman has had such a long-lasting impact on Israeli culture that even the late retired Colonel and military historian Meir Pa’il and, more recently, the retired Major General Menachem Finkelstein, the former Chief Military Advocate, included lengthy analyses of Alterman’s poems in their writings.
