Asher Reich

Asher Reich (b. 1937) was born to an ultra-Orthodox Jerusalem family. He grew up in an isolated neighborhood where radios were forbidden and the only education available was religious. At eighteen, Reich joined the army, an act unheard of in his immediate environment. He eventually studied Philosophy and Literature at the Hebrew University, and left tradition entirely behind.
Reich began publishing in 1960. Best known as a poet, he also spent eight years as co-editor of Moznayim, the magazine of the Hebrew Writers Association. Reich participated in the International Writing Program at Iowa University and has received several awards, including the ACUM and the Bernstein Prizes.

Books Published in Hebrew

In the Seventh Year (poetry), Ekked, 1963 [Ha-Shana Ha-Shvi'it Le-Nedudai]

Night Rise (poetry), Ekked, 1972 [Zrihat Layla]

State of Affairs (poetry), Hakibbutz Hameuchad, 1975 [Tmunat Matzav]

A View of the Land (poetry), Massada, 1978 [Mar'eh Makom]

Women Rites (poetry), Achshav, 1980 [Seder Nashim]

A New Packet (poetry), Am Oved, 1983 [Hafisah Hadashah]

Selected Poems (poetry), Sifriat Poalim, 1986 [Seder Shirim]

Works on Paper (poetry), Zmora Bitan, 1988 [Avodot Al Nyar]

Reminiscences of an Amnesiac (novel), Ma'ariv, 1993 [Zichronot Shel Holeh Shichehah]

Fictional Evidence (poetry), Hakibbutz Hameuchad, 1993 [Uvdot Bidionyiot]

Winter Music (poetry), Helikon, 1996 [Musikat Horef]

Rhythm for Poetry (poetry), Hakibbutz Hameuchad, 1998 [Ritmus Le-Shirah]

A Man with a Door (stories), Yediot Aharonot, 1998 [Ish Im Kelev]

A View of the Land, Hakibbutz Hameuchad, 1999 [Pney Ha-Aretz]

Books in Translation

Works on Paper
German: Reinbek, Rowohlt, 1992

Winter Music
German: Reinbek, Rowohlt, 1998

Individual poems have been published in: Afrikaaner, Arabic, Bulgarian, Danish, English, French, German, Dutch, Hungarian, Italian, Polish, Russian, Serbo-Croatian, Spanish, Yiddish.