Podcasts religion Israel in Translation Seeing out 2014 with Dahlia Ravikovitch's 'Dress of Fire'

Seeing out 2014 with Dahlia Ravikovitch's 'Dress of Fire'

Published: Dec. 31, 2014, 11:38 a.m.

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Tonight we\\u2019ll end 2014 with a blast of fire; we hear\\xa0Dahlia Ravikovitch\'s own recitation of her poem \'Dress of Fire,\' which host Marcela Sulak translates for us (using\\xa0Chana and Ariel Bloch\'s translation). We also listen to some of\\xa0Ravikovitch\'s poems set to music.

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Born in the Ramat Gan suburb of Tel Aviv in 1936, Ravikovitch wrote\\xa0fiction, children\\u2019s books, and 12 collections of poetry, which have been awarded many literary prizes. After the 1982 Lebanese War, she\\xa0began writing protest poetry. Two of her most powerful are \'Hovering at a Low Altitude,\' and \'You Can\\u2019t Kill a Baby Twice.\' She was active in the Israeli peace movement until she died in 2005 of sudden heart irregularities.

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Texts:

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The Vintage Book of Contemporary World Poetry, edited by J. D. McClatchy (1996).

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Hovering at a Low Altitude: The Collected Poetry of Dahlia Ravikovitch, translated by Chana Bloch & Chana Kronfeld. W.W. Norton & Co. (2009).

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Music:

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\'Tmuna\' [picture] by Dahlia Ravikovitch, performed by Yehudith Ravitz

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\'Lebeitech shuvi\'\\xa0[Return home] by Dahlia Ravikovitch, performed by Chava Alberstein

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