Mordechai Geldman Explained

Mordechai Geldman
Pseudonym:Daniel Kasif (1 book)
Birth Date:16 April 1946
Birth Place:Munich, Germany
Death Date:8 October 2021 (aged 75)
Death Place:Tel Aviv, Israel
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Mordechai Geldman (Hebrew: מרדכי גלדמן; 16 April 1946 – 8 October 2021)[1] was an Israeli poet, non-fiction writer, artist, art critic and curator, and psychologist. His poems were translated into many languages, including the collection Years I Walked at Your Side published in 2018 by SUNY Press. He received awards including the Bialik Prize for his life achievements.

Biography

Geldman was born at a displaced persons camp in Munich[2] [3] to Polish parents who had survived the Holocaust.[4] His family immigrated to Israel in 1949[5] and settled in Tel Aviv, where he lived ever since.[4] He studied world literature and clinical psychology at Bar Ilan University. He was an independent psychotherapist using psychoanalytical methods.

Geldman published 18 poetry books, a book of short stories, and six non-fiction books. A two-volume collection from his poetry books was published in 2011. His last poetry book is the third volume, of works written until 2019. His poems were translated into many languages, including Chinese and Japanese. His book Becoming One was translated into Portuguese (Teoria Do Um) and published in Portugal in 2017. A large collection of his poems in English was published in 2018 by SUNY Press of the State University of New York, titled Years I Walked at Your Side in translations by Tsipi Keller.[6]

Geldman's poetry is philosophical, psychological and existentialistic. It combines literary Hebrew and everyday language, even using some slang. His later poetry tends to be meditative and includes many haiku, influenced by Zen Buddhist aesthetics and philosophy. His poetry has many aspects, including lyrical, philosophical, sensual, erotic, religious and ironic. He was a representative of poetry from Israel at international events such as the Biennale of Poetry in Liège, Belgium, in 1995, the Israeli Cultural Season in France in 1998, the Second Tokyo Poetry Festival in 2011, and the poetry festival in Baku, Azerbaijan, in 2019.

Geldman's non-fiction books deal with subjects as the self in psychoanalytic theories and in Yoga and Buddhism, psychoanalytic interpretation of literature, such as doubles, and symmetries in Shakespeare's plays, and his favorite Israeli poets and artists.

As a visual artist, Geldman was engaged in plastic arts, ceramics and photography. His photographs were exhibited at such places as the Tel Aviv Museum of Art. Geldman was an art critic of the Israeli daily Haaretz, and curated exhibitions for many Israeli artists.[7]

Geldman died of cancer[8] at age 75.[9]

Zvika Nir, the chairman of the Writers' Association, summarised:

Awards

Publications

Geldman published works in many genres, including:

Poetry

Non-fiction

Catalogues

Prose

External links

Notes and References

  1. https://www.haaretz.co.il/gallery/literature/.premium-1.10277791 "Poet Mordechai Geldman dies at age 75"
  2. Web site: Katz . Lisa . Mordechai Geldman . poetryinternational.org . 2021 . 11 October 2021.
  3. Mordechai Geldman. The Tel Aviv Review. 2. 1989. Gabriel. Moked. 355. 978-965-364-000-9. Mordechai Geldman, born in a DP camp in Munich, was brought to Israel in his early youth. He is a clinical psychologist who also writes art criticism..
  4. Book: Bargad. Warren. Chyet. Stanley. No Sign of Ceasefire: An Anthology of Contemporary Israeli Poetry. Wayne State University Press. 2002. 109–110. 0-9704295-2-5. After the Second World War Geldman's parents moved from Poland to Germany.. registration.
  5. Literary Review. 26. 284. Mordechai Geldman. 1982. Mordechai Geldman, born in 1946 in Germany, emigrated to Israel in 1949. He lives in Tel Aviv, where he works as a clinical psychologist..
  6. https://www.sunypress.edu/p-6653-years-i-walked-at-your-side.aspx Years I Walked at Your Side
  7. News: Davis . Barry . Showtime . . 2 November 2021 . 10 October 2021.
  8. Web site: The poet Mordechai Geldman passed away at the age of 75 after a battle with cancer – Walla! culture . newsrnd.com . 9 October 2021 . 9 October 2021.
  9. Web site: After a struggle with a serious illness: The poet Mordechai Geldman passed away . middleeast.in-24.com . 9 October 2021 . 9 October 2021.
  10. Web site: New Books From Israel / Fall 2018 . 21 . The Institute for the Translation of Hebrew Literature . 2018 . 10 October 2021.
  11. Book: Keller, Tsipi. Poets On The Edge: An Anthology Of Contemporary Hebrew Poetry. 185–197. SUNY Press. New York. 2008. 978-0-7914-7686-4.
  12. Web site: Mordechai Geldman. The Institute for the Translation of Hebrew Literature. 15 June 2010. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20110525013951/http://www.ithl.org.il/author_info.asp?id=90. 25 May 2011.

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