Dan Pagis

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Dan Pagis was a prominent Israeli poet, Holocaust survivor, and scholar whose innovative, allusive verse made him one of the central figures of modern Hebrew literature.

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instanceOf Hebrew-language poet
Holocaust survivor
Israeli poet
literary scholar
person
poem
author Dan Pagis NERFINISHED
birthCountry Romania NERFINISHED
birthDate 1930-10-16
birthPlace Rădăuți NERFINISHED
causeOfDeath cancer
countryOfResidence Israel NERFINISHED
deathDate 1986-07-29
degree PhD in Hebrew literature
employer Hebrew University of Jerusalem NERFINISHED
ethnicity Jewish
fieldOfWork Hebrew literature
medieval Hebrew literature
poetry
genre Holocaust literature
lyric poetry
hasWorkInCollection Written in Pencil in the Sealed Railway-Car NERFINISHED
immigratedTo Mandatory Palestine NERFINISHED
immigrationYear 1946
influenced later generations of Hebrew poets
isKnownFor innovative and allusive verse
intertextual use of biblical and rabbinic sources
poems about the Holocaust
languageOfWorkOrName Hebrew
movement modern Hebrew literature
name Dan Pagis NERFINISHED
nationality Israeli
notableWork Autobiography
Gilgul (Metamorphosis) NERFINISHED
Ha-Sefer ha-Sheni (The Second Book) NERFINISHED
Mivḥar Shirim (Selected Poems) NERFINISHED
occupation literary critic
poet
translator
university teacher
placeOfDeath Jerusalem NERFINISHED
positionHeld professor of Hebrew literature
religion Judaism
studiedAt Hebrew University of Jerusalem NERFINISHED
survivedEvent Holocaust NERFINISHED
wasImprisonedIn Nazi concentration camp
wroteAbout medieval Hebrew poetry
poetics of allusion

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