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Cole has translated works by the great Hebrew poets of medieval Spain, including [[Samuel ibn Naghrela|Shmuel HaNagid]], [[Solomon Ibn Gabirol]]. He has also published translations of modern [[Arabic]] and [[Hebrew]] poets and prose writers, among them [[Taha Muhammad Ali]], [[Aharon Shabtai]], Yoel Hoffmann, Avraham Ben-Yitzhak, and Harold Schimmel. |
Cole has translated works by the great Hebrew poets of medieval Spain, including [[Samuel ibn Naghrela|Shmuel HaNagid]], [[Solomon Ibn Gabirol]]. He has also published translations of modern [[Arabic]] and [[Hebrew]] poets and prose writers, among them [[Taha Muhammad Ali]], [[Aharon Shabtai]], Yoel Hoffmann, Avraham Ben-Yitzhak, and Harold Schimmel. |
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In 2008, Cole combined and collected Hebrew literary works to create ''Hebrew Writers on Writing'' ([[Trinity University (Texas)#Trinity_University Press|Trinity University Press]]). |
In 2008, Cole combined and collected Hebrew literary works to create ''Hebrew Writers on Writing'' ([[Trinity University (Texas)#Trinity_University Press|Trinity University Press]]) which delves in to their reflections on writing and explores the issues of national, linguistic, and ethinic identity. |
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Cole is also one of the founders and editors of Ibis Editions, a small literary press based in Jerusalem that publishes English translations of works in Arabic, Hebrew, French, Greek, Ladino, and the other languages of the Levant. <ref> [http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/29/books/review/Donadio-t.html?ref=books&pagewanted=all New York Times article about Ibis Editions]</ref> |
Cole is also one of the founders and editors of Ibis Editions, a small literary press based in Jerusalem that publishes English translations of works in Arabic, Hebrew, French, Greek, Ladino, and the other languages of the Levant. <ref> [http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/29/books/review/Donadio-t.html?ref=books&pagewanted=all New York Times article about Ibis Editions]</ref> |
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Peter Cole (born 1957 Paterson, New Jersey) is an American Jewish poet who lives in Jerusalem, Israel.
Biography
Peter Cole is a graduate of Hampshire College, entering in fall 1978 as a transfer from Williams College. He moved to Jerusalem in 1981. He is married to Adina Hoffman, an essayist and biographer.[1]
Literary career
Cole's first book of poems, Rift, was published in 1989, and Hymns & Qualms in 1998. The two volumes were reissued as What is Doubled: Poems 1981-1988. Things on Which I've Stumbled was published in the fall of 2008.
Cole has translated works by the great Hebrew poets of medieval Spain, including Shmuel HaNagid, Solomon Ibn Gabirol. He has also published translations of modern Arabic and Hebrew poets and prose writers, among them Taha Muhammad Ali, Aharon Shabtai, Yoel Hoffmann, Avraham Ben-Yitzhak, and Harold Schimmel.
In 2008, Cole combined and collected Hebrew literary works to create Hebrew Writers on Writing (Trinity University Press) which delves in to their reflections on writing and explores the issues of national, linguistic, and ethinic identity.
Cole is also one of the founders and editors of Ibis Editions, a small literary press based in Jerusalem that publishes English translations of works in Arabic, Hebrew, French, Greek, Ladino, and the other languages of the Levant. [2]
Cole has taught at Yale University, Wesleyan University, and Middlebury College.
Translation and editing philosophy
Cole believes that "helping things say what they seem to want to say, or are 'bound' to say," is central to his work as an editor and translator. He regards language as sacred, or a reflection of the sacred, and describes care for language as a moral and metaphysical act that "takes one into the weave of being." [3]
Awards
- 2007 MacArthur Fellows Program [4]
- National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship
- NEH Fellowship
- 2002 Guggenheim Fellow [5]
- PEN Translation Award for Poetry
- TLS Translation Prize
- MLA's Scaglione Prize for Translation
- National Jewish Book Award in Poetry
- Hawkins Prize for Book of the Year from the Association of American Publishers' Professional and Scholarly Publishing Division
- G.E. Younger Writers' Award.
References
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