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Called \'Lashonsky\' for his comic wit, linguistic innovations and irrepressible puns, every child in Israel knows Avraham Shlonsky\'s version of the German Rumpelstiltskin fairytale: Utzli Gutzli.
\\nHis upbringing was one of religion and agricultural labor, which is evident in his work; host Marcela Sulak reads from his exquisite poem \'Toil,\' which compares working the land to prayer.
\\nDespite the fact that his poetry wasn\'t taught in Israeli schools because of his rebellion against Bialik\'s generation, together with Natan Alterman and Leah Goldberg, he influenced and aided many of the younger generation of poets and writers.
\\nText:
\\nThe Modern Hebrew Poem Itself, Ed. Burnshaw, Carmi, etc. al.
Poems Found in Translation, A.Z. Foreman
Music:
\\nArik Lavie \\u2013 Boker Tov (from Utzli Gutzli)
Yaffa Yarkoni \\u2013 No Caravan Of Camels
Arik Einstein \\u2013 Blue Handkerchief