Migo
Hedva Harechavi: Poems 2008-2016
Translated by Linda Zisquit, introduced by Lilach Lachman
Hedva Harekhavi (1941-2026) is regarded as one of the great modern Israeli poets. Migo, Harechavi’s final work, clearly and powerfully translated by Linda Zisquit, concerns the untimely death of her son, and addresses her grief in incantatory verse which has been compared to that of Gertrude Stein and Sylvia Plath.
Hedva Harekhavi (1941-2026) is regarded as one of the great modern Israeli poets.
Migo, Harechavi’s final work, clearly and powerfully translated by Linda Zisquit, concerns the untimely death of her son, and addresses her grief in incantatory verse which has been compared to that of Gertrude Stein and Sylvia Plath.
Harechavi won several prizes in poetry, among them the Prime Minister Prize for Poetry in 1982 and 1993, and The Yehuda Amichai Prize for poetry in 2010.
- By (author) Hedva Harechavi
- Introduction by Lilach Lachman
- Translated by Linda Stern Zisquit
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