Edith Covensky Explained

Edith Covensky
Birth Date:14 April 1945
Birth Place:Bucharest, Romania
Nationality:Israeli/American
Alma Mater:Wayne State University

Edith Covensky (born April 14, 1945, אדית קובנסקי in Hebrew, Idit Ḳovensḳi in Romanian) is a Hebrew poet living in the United States and senior lecturer in Hebrew and Israeli Studies at Wayne State University. She has authored 34 books of poetry, in Hebrew, bilingually in Hebrew and English, trilingually in Hebrew, Arabic and English, and in Romanian and Spanish.

Early life

Covensky was born in Bucharest, Romania, grew up in Haifa, Israel, and presently resides in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan. Growing up in Haifa,[1] she went to "Maalot Ha'neveem" ("Steps of the Prophets") elementary school, and continued high school at Alliance Francaise Israelite (Kol Israel Haverim) where she focused on Hebrew and French literature. She served in the Israel Defense Forces (IDF, 1963-1965) as a code-breaker. Following her military discharge in 1965, she traveled to the United States.[1]

Professional career

Since 1987 Covensky has been teaching Hebrew and Israeli Studies at Wayne State University in Detroit, Michigan.[2]

She is a member of the National Association of Professors of Hebrew, and of the Hebrew Writers Association in Israel;[3] editor of Pseifas, an Israeli literary Journal dedicated to classical and Hebrew poetry;[4] and a member of the Association of Alexander Dumas the Father, located in Paris, France.

Covensky started writing Hebrew poetry in 1981, publishing her first poem "Small Blessings" (Hebrew: "Al Hassadim Ktanim") in Bitzaron, a distinguished literary journal issued by New York University, in 1982. She has published to date 34 poetry books. Her numerous individual poems have been published in Israel, Canada, and in the United States.

French Professor Michael Giordano, prefaced her poetry in the volume In the Beginning (Hebrew: Breeah; French: Genese), Gvanim, Tel-Aviv, 2017. Jeffrey L. Covensky prefaced Life as Fiction (Gvanim, 2017.) A Hebrew version was published in Pseifas, 2017.

Critical response

Covensky's poetry has been the subject of the volume Under a Silky Sky: The Symbolist Poetry of Edith Covensky,[5] written by scholar and literary critic .[6] He described her work in a 1996 review as "lyrical poetry", praising it for its "esthetic dexterity" in "composition, theme, and metaphorical artistry".[7] In a 2012 review he described her work as "metaphysical poetry". He likens it to the work of impressionist painters, which must be observed from the correct distance to be fully seen.

Works

The following books are published by Eked Publishers, Tel Aviv, Israel; the books are in bi-lingual editions: Hebrew-English unless otherwise specified, translated into English by Edouard and Susann Codish.

The following books are published by Gvanim Publishers, Tel-Aviv, Israel; translated from the Hebrew into English by Edouard and Susann Codish unless otherwise specified.

(This book consists of selected poems from Microcosm, originally in Hebrew, published by Gvanim, Tel-Aviv, Israel 2014)

Published Hebrew-English dialogue book

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Edith Covensky. Lexicon of New Hebrew Literature. Ohio State University.
  2. Web site: Edith Covensky. College of Liberal Arts & Sciences . 2018 . Wayne State University.
  3. Web site: Covensky inducted into Hebrew Writers Association . Department of Classical and Modern Languages, Literatures, and Cultures . Wayne State University . 5 March 2020.
  4. Recent Promotion or Change in Position . Psefas . 2006 . 78 . Fall . 15, 18 . 5 March 2020.
  5. Book: Under a Silky Sky: The Symbolist Poetry of Edith Covensky. .
  6. Book: Mazor, Yair. Under a Silky Sky: The Symbolist Poetry of Edith Covensky. Henschelhaus Publishing, Inc.. 2015. 9781595983077.
  7. Mazor . Yair . Israel -- Synesis by Edith Covensky and translated by Edouard Codish . World Literature Today . 1996 . 70 . 2 . 463 . 10.2307/40152258 . 40152258 .
  8. Edith Covensky. About the Existence of Love . Mazor . Yair . 2012. World Literature Today. 86. 1 . University of Oklahoma. 10.1353/wlt.2012.0107 . 245656710 .
  9. Web site: Where To Go - Kovansky Edith Book Junction Network. booknet.co.il.

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