Texts & Translations

A prose poem from Abra­ham Sutzkev­er’s 1975 vol­ume Green Aquar­i­um. ​“A man with a heavy bag on his back approach­es a dark city in a rainstorm…” 

Aug 12, 2015

Sutzkev­er’s cycle of poems about his child­hood years spent in Siberia: ​“In the light-dark snowed-under / vil­lage of my child­hood in Siberia / blos­soms bloom from shad­ows’ eyes— / count­less quick­sil­ver blossoms…”

Sep 08, 2015

New trans­la­tions of six poems from Sutzkev­er’s 1960 col­lec­tion Oasis.

Dec 20, 2015

Three poems from Abra­ham Sutzkever’s col­lec­tion Poems from My Diary.

Dec 05, 2016

Annabel Cohen trans­lates Abra­ham Sutzkev­er’s poem, ​“Paris.”

Dec 06, 2022