Yosef Sharon

Joseph Sharon (b. 1952, Ramat Gan, Israel) spent his childhood in Israel and Cuba. After his military service he spent a year in New York. Sharon began publishing in 1972. He studied General and Jewish Philosophy at the Tel Aviv University. He was a guest professor at Ben Gurion University and conducts poetry workshops. He is founder and editor of the magazine Rechov, which focuses on literature and art.


Books Published in Hebrew
Poetry
Parole, Hakibbutz Hameuchad/Siman Kriah, 1978 [Dibur]
A Period in a City, Hakibbutz Hameuchad/Siman Kriah, 1978 [Tkufa Be-Ir]
A Slow Story, Hakibbutz Hameuchad/Siman Kriah, 1994 [Sipur Iti]

The Supreme Court Building (non-fiction), Yad Hanadiv, 1993 [Binyan Beyit Ha-Mishpat Ha-Elyion]

Books in Translation
Individual poems have been published in: Bulgarian, English, French, German, Greek, Russian, and Spanish.

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