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David Avidan was born in Tel Aviv where he lived and worked as a self-described \u201cpoet, painter, filmmaker, publicist, and playwright.\u201d\xa0He studied literature and philosophy during a short stint at Hebrew University.

Avidan was often attacked by poetry critics who criticized him as being egocentric, chauvinistic, and technocratic. In an interview, he\xa0proclaimed: \u201cMy arena is the entire planet. Israel is but a small piece of land. I don\u2019t work in Tel Aviv. I work from Tel Aviv.\u201d

The poems read in today's episode are translated by Tsippi Keller, from the new collection Futureman.

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David Avidan, Futureman translated by Tsippi Keller,\xa0introduced by Anat Weisman. Phoneme Media, 2017.