Ortsion Bartana

Ortsion Bartana (b. 1949; Tel Aviv, Israel) still lives in his native city. He earned his MA in Literature and Philosophy from Tel Aviv University and his PhD in Hebrew Literature from Bar Ilan University. He teaches Literature at the Technion, the Kibbutz College and Tel Aviv University and serves as chairman of the Hebrew Writers Association and editor of Moznayim, the association's journal. Bartana has received several prizes, among them the Kugel Prize, the Bernstein Prize for Literary Criticism (twice), the Wollenrod Prize and the 1997 Brenner Prize for Poetry.

Books Published in Hebrew

Poetry

Every Tree has its Sky, Karni, 1967 [Le-Col Ilan Shamayim]

Tormented Travels, Hakibbutz Hameuchad, 1975 [Masa'ot Redufim]

Islands and Counties, Sifriat Poalim, 1980 [Ee'im Ve-Mehozot]

A Wonderful Place, Sifriat Poalim, 1987 [Makom Niflah]

Courtyards (poetic prose), Hakibbutz Hameuchad, 1991 [Hatzerot]

A Stroll Behind the House, Hakibbutz Hameuchad, 1993 [Tiyul Me-Ahorei Ha-Bayit]

Bird in Hand, Bitan Press, 1996

Prose

Bonfires (stories), Sifriat Poalim, 1985 [Sreifot]

The Best Hours are the Night Hours, Ma'ariv, 1994

Non-Fiction

Studies in the Works of S. Y. Abramovitz, Dekel, 1979

Testimonial Readings, Papyrus, 1982

Vouchers and Vanguards, Dvir, 1983

Selected Poems of B. Mordechai - preface and editing, Mivchar Sifrutainu La'am, 1993

Setting Accounts, Aleph, 1995

Caution - Israel Literature, Papyrus, 1989

Fantasy in the Fiction of the State of Israel's First Generation (Yoram Kaniuk; Yitzchak Auerbuch Orpaz; David Shahar), Papyrus/Hakibbutz Harneuchad, 1990

Eighties - Israeli Literature in the Eighties, Association of Hebrew Writers, 1993

B. Mordechay - Monograph and Research, Tamuz, 1998

Books in Translation

Selected Poems
Russian:
Holon, Moria, 1999
Swedish:
Tollarp, Studiekamratens, 1995

Individual poems have been published in: Arabic, Danish, Dutch, English, French, German, Hungarian, Italian, Polish, Russian, Spanish, Swedish, and Yiddish.