Yoel Hoffmann (1937–2023)
Author of Japanese Death Poems: Written by Zen Monks and Haiku Poets on the Verge of Death
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Works by Yoel Hoffmann
Japanese Death Poems: Written by Zen Monks and Haiku Poets on the Verge of Death (1998) — Editor — 622 copies
ברנהרט 2 copies
ספר יוסף 2 copies
קולות האדמה 1 copy
Fiskarnas Kristus 1 copy
Radical Zen 1 copy
Sound Of The One Hand. The 1 copy
בפברואר כדאי לקנות פילים 1 copy
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- Canonical name
- Hoffmann, Yoel
- Other names
- הופמן, יואל
- Birthdate
- 1937
- Date of death
- 2023-08-25
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- Hungary (birth)
Israel - Country (for map)
- Israel
- Birthplace
- Braşov, Romania
- Places of residence
- Galilee, Israel
- Education
- Japan (PhD)
- Occupations
- professor of Japanese poetry, Buddhism and philosophy at Haifa University
- Awards and honors
- Bialik Prize (2002)
Koret Prize - Short biography
- His parents moved to pre-state Israel when Yoel was one. His mother died when he was a child, and he spent years living with various family members and in a children's home until his father remarried. Yoel studied extensively in Japan, translates Japanese poetry, and spent two years in a Buddhist monastery.
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- Works
- 26
- Members
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- ISBNs
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