Yitzhak Laor Explained

Yitzhak Laor (he|יצחק לאור, born in 1948) is an Israeli poet, author and journalist.

Biography

Yitzhak Laor was born in Pardes Hanna.

Literary and journalism career

He is the author of ten volumes of poetry, three novels, three collections of short stories, two collections of essays and one play.^[1]

In his poem "In a Village whose Name I don't even know" he imagines himself stranded in a Lebanese village: "For a moment I hoped that I would be caught". His book The Myths of Liberal Zionism was published in English by Verso Books in February 2009.^[2]

In a June 2011 article in Haaretz, Laor stated that he opposes Zionism: He claimed that "liberation from Zionism is not a dirty word... we have to get rid of Zionism".^{[3] [4]}

See also

• Israeli journalism
• Israeli literature

External links

• An ordered collection of Laor's articles, referenced by Palestine: Information With Provenance
• Lines Of Occupation: The Post-Zionist Poetics Of Yitzhak Laor by Joshua Cohen

Notes and References

1. Web site: Author's profile by ithl.org.il . March 27, 2012.
2. Web site: The Myths of Liberal Zionism . www.versobooks.com . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080915042623/http://www.versobooks.com/books/klm/l-titles/laor_y_liberal_zionism.shtml . 2008-09-15.
3. http://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/opinion/get-rid-of-zionism-1.365648 "Get rid of Zionism", Haaretz newspaper, June 3, 2011
4. Web site: Y. Laor: The blood merchants . Haaretz, Opinion . March 27, 2012 . March 27, 2012.