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Chana Bloch

January 01, 1970

Chana Bloch (March 15, 1940 – May 19, 2017) was an American poet,[1] translator, and scholar. She was a professor emerita of English at Mills College in Oakland, California.[2]

Chana Bloch
Born(1940-03-15)March 15, 1940
New York City, U.S.
DiedMay 19, 2017(2017-05-19) (aged 77)
Berkeley, California, U.S.
Occupationpoet, translator, Professor Emerita at Mills College
Website
www.chanabloch.com

Life and work edit

Born as Florence Ina Faerstein in the Bronx, New York, she was a second-generation American, the daughter of Benjamin and Rose (née Rosenberg) Faerstein; her parents were both observant Jews who had immigrated from Ukraine.[3] Bloch later identified herself as a Jewish humanist.[4] Her father was a dentist, and her mother a homemaker.[3]

Bloch earned her B.A. from Cornell University, her M.A. degrees in Judaic Studies and English literature from Brandeis University, and a Ph.D. in English from the University of California at Berkeley. She taught at Mills College for over thirty years (1973–2005)[5] and directed their Creative Writing Program.[6] Bloch held residencies at the Bellagio Center for Scholars and Artists, the MacDowell Colony, Yaddo and the Djerassi Resident Artists Program. She gave lectures and poetry readings at numerous U.S. colleges and universities.[7]

Bloch published five collections of her poetry: The Secrets of the Tribe, The Past Keeps Changing, Mrs. Dumpty, Blood Honey.[8] and Swimming in the Rain. A sixth book is scheduled for publication in Fall 2017, The Moon Is Almost Full.[9] Her work has been published in The New Yorker, Atlantic Monthly, The Nation and included in Best American Poetry, The Pushcart Prize and other anthologies. She was the poetry editor of Persimmon Tree,[10] [11] an online journal of the arts by women over sixty.

She was co-translator, with Ariel Bloch, of the biblical Song of Songs. She translated works by modern Hebrew poets including The Selected Poetry of Yehuda Amichai[8] with Stephen Mitchell, and Amichai's Open Closed Open, as well as Hovering at a Low Altitude: The Collected Poetry of Dahlia Ravikovitch with Chana Kronfeld. Bloch was also the author of the critical study, Spelling the Word: George Herbert and the Bible.

Chana's Story, a song cycle by David Del Tredici based on her work,[12] premiered at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco. Jorge Liderman's cantata, The Song of Songs, based on her and Bloch's translation, was performed by the San Francisco Contemporary Music Players and the UC Berkeley Chamber Chorus at Cal Performances.

Bloch won the Poetry Society of America's Di Castagnola Award for Blood Honey;[8] the Felix Pollak Prize in Poetry for Mrs. Dumpty; and the PEN Award for Poetry in Translation, together with Chana Kronfeld, for Open Closed Open. Her translation of the Song of Songs was named as a Times Literary Supplement Book of the Year. Her awards include two fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts, in poetry and in translation, a fellowship from the National Endowment for the Humanities, two Pushcart Prizes, and the Discovery Award of the 92nd Street Y Poetry Center.

She lived in Berkeley, California. She had two grown sons,[13] Benjamin and Jonathan, from her marriage to Ariel Bloch, a former professor of Semitic Linguistics at UC Berkeley. She married Dave Sutter in 2003.

Death edit

Chana Bloch died on May 19, 2017, after a prolonged battle with cancer.[14]

Bibliography edit

Poetry edit

Collections
  • Bloch, Chana (1981). The secrets of the tribe. Sheep Meadow Press. ISBN 9780935296143.
  • The Past Keeps Changing, Sheep Meadow Press (1992) ISBN 9781878818157
  • Mrs. Dumpty, University of Wisconsin Press (1998) ISBN 9780299160043
  • Blood Honey, Autumn House Press (2009) ISBN 9781932870336
  • Swimming in the Rain: New and Selected Poems, Autumn House Press (2015) ISBN 9781938769009
List of poems
Title Year First published Reprinted/collected
Dying for Dummies 2017 Bloch, Chana (July 3, 2017). "Dying for Dummies". The New Yorker. Vol. 93, no. 19. p. 55.
Translations
  • Hovering at a Low Altitude: The Collected Poetry of Dahlia Ravikovitch, with Chana Kronfeld. W.W. Norton (2009)
  • Open Closed Open, Yehuda Amichai, with Chana Kronfeld. Harcourt Brace (2000)[15]
  • Yehuda Amichai: The Selected Poetry, with Stephen Mitchell. Harper & Row (1986). Revised and expanded edition, University of California Press (1996)
  • The Song of Songs, with Ariel Bloch. Random House (1995). Reprinted, University of California Press (1998)
  • The Window, Dahlia Ravikovitch, with Ariel Bloch. Sheep Meadow Press (1989)
  • A Dress of Fire, Dahlia Ravikovitch. Sheep Meadow Press (1978)

Non-fiction edit

  • Spelling the Word: George Herbert and the Bible, University of California Press (1985)

Notes edit

  1. ^ "Chana Bloch - Poets & Writers". www.pw.org.
  2. ^ College, Mills. "Mills College - Faculty Index". www.mills.edu.
  3. ^ a b Grimes, William (June 9, 2017). "Chana Bloch, Poet and Hebrew Translator, Is Dead at 77". New York Times. Retrieved 12 June 2017. Print version published June 11, 2017, p. A28, "Chana Bloch, 77, Poet and Translator".
  4. ^ Bilyak, Dianne. "Questions of Faith: Chana Bloch".
  5. ^ http://www.chanabloch.com/index.html
  6. ^ Arin, Jennifer. Interview with Chana Bloch. The Writer's Chronicle (March/April 2001), 10-19.
  7. ^ Merle Bachman, "Chana Bloch." In Contemporary Jewish-American Dramatists and Poets: A Bio-Critical Sourcebook," ed. Joel Shatzky and Michael Taub. Westport, Ct.: Greenwood Press, 1999, pp. 220-225.
  8. ^ a b c "Chana Bloch". Poetry Foundation. 21 May 2017.
  9. ^ amazon.com
  10. ^ "About Us". Persimmon Tree. Retrieved 2019-05-29.
  11. ^ "Chana Bloch :: Bio". www.chanabloch.com. Retrieved 2019-05-29.
  12. ^ Jonathan Barron. "At Home in the Margins: The Jewish American Voice Poem in the 1990s." College Literature (1997), 104-123
  13. ^ Mavor, Anne. "Chana Bloch." In Strong Hearts, Inspired Minds: Twenty-two Interviews with Artists Who are Mothers. Portland, OR: Rowanberry Books, 1996, 182-192.
  14. ^ https://www.mills.edu/news/2017/newsstory-05222017-MillsMournsChanaBloch.php[permanent dead link]
  15. ^ "Yehuda Amichai, 1924–2000". Poetry Foundation. 22 July 2021.

External links edit

  • Persimmon Tree website
  • Bloch website
  • Autumn House Press
  • The University of Wisconsin Press.
  • Sheep Meadow Press

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and Rose nee Rosenberg Faerstein her parents were both observant Jews who had immigrated from Ukraine 3 Bloch later identified herself as a Jewish humanist 4 Her father was a dentist and her mother a homemaker 3 Bloch earned her B A from Cornell University her M A degrees in Judaic Studies and English literature from Brandeis University and a Ph D in English from the University of California at Berkeley She taught at Mills College for over thirty years 1973 2005 5 and directed their Creative Writing Program 6 Bloch held residencies at the Bellagio Center for Scholars and Artists the MacDowell Colony Yaddo and the Djerassi Resident Artists Program She gave lectures and poetry readings at numerous U S colleges and universities 7 Bloch published five collections of her poetry The Secrets of the Tribe The Past Keeps Changing Mrs Dumpty Blood Honey 8 and Swimming in the Rain A sixth book is scheduled for publication in Fall 2017 The Moon Is Almost Full 9 Her work has been published in The New Yorker Atlantic Monthly The Nation and included in Best American Poetry The Pushcart Prize and other anthologies She was the poetry editor of Persimmon Tree 10 11 an online journal of the arts by women over sixty She was co translator with Ariel Bloch of the biblical Song of Songs She translated works by modern Hebrew poets including The Selected Poetry of Yehuda Amichai 8 with Stephen Mitchell and Amichai s Open Closed Open as well as Hovering at a Low Altitude The Collected Poetry of Dahlia Ravikovitch with Chana Kronfeld Bloch was also the author of the critical study Spelling the Word George Herbert and the Bible Chana s Story a song cycle by David Del Tredici based on her work 12 premiered at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco Jorge Liderman s cantata The Song of Songs based on her and Bloch s translation was performed by the San Francisco Contemporary Music Players and the UC Berkeley Chamber Chorus at Cal Performances Bloch won the Poetry Society of America s Di Castagnola Award for Blood Honey 8 the Felix Pollak Prize in Poetry for Mrs Dumpty and the PEN Award for Poetry in Translation together with Chana Kronfeld for Open Closed Open Her translation of the Song of Songs was named as a Times Literary Supplement Book of the Year Her awards include two fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts in poetry and in translation a fellowship from the National Endowment for the Humanities two Pushcart Prizes and the Discovery Award of the 92nd Street Y Poetry Center She lived in Berkeley California She had two grown sons 13 Benjamin and Jonathan from her marriage to Ariel Bloch a former professor of Semitic Linguistics at UC Berkeley She married Dave Sutter in 2003 Death editChana Bloch died on May 19 2017 after a prolonged battle with cancer 14 Bibliography editThis list is incomplete you can help by adding missing items June 2018 Poetry edit Collections Bloch Chana 1981 The secrets of the tribe Sheep Meadow Press ISBN 9780935296143 The Past Keeps Changing Sheep Meadow Press 1992 ISBN 9781878818157 Mrs Dumpty University of Wisconsin Press 1998 ISBN 9780299160043 Blood Honey Autumn House Press 2009 ISBN 9781932870336 Swimming in the Rain New and Selected Poems Autumn House Press 2015 ISBN 9781938769009 List of poems Title Year First published Reprinted collected Dying for Dummies 2017 Bloch Chana July 3 2017 Dying for Dummies The New Yorker Vol 93 no 19 p 55 Translations Hovering at a Low Altitude The Collected Poetry of Dahlia Ravikovitch with Chana Kronfeld W W Norton 2009 Open Closed Open Yehuda Amichai with Chana Kronfeld Harcourt Brace 2000 15 Yehuda Amichai The Selected Poetry with Stephen Mitchell Harper amp Row 1986 Revised and expanded edition University of California Press 1996 The Song of Songs with Ariel Bloch Random House 1995 Reprinted University of California Press 1998 The Window Dahlia Ravikovitch with Ariel Bloch Sheep Meadow Press 1989 A Dress of Fire Dahlia Ravikovitch Sheep Meadow Press 1978 Non fiction edit Spelling the Word George Herbert and the Bible University of California Press 1985 Notes edit Chana Bloch Poets amp Writers www pw org College Mills Mills College Faculty Index www mills edu a b Grimes William June 9 2017 Chana Bloch Poet and Hebrew Translator Is Dead at 77 New York Times Retrieved 12 June 2017 Print version published June 11 2017 p A28 Chana Bloch 77 Poet and Translator Bilyak Dianne Questions of Faith Chana Bloch http www chanabloch com index html Arin Jennifer Interview with Chana Bloch The Writer s Chronicle March April 2001 10 19 Merle Bachman Chana Bloch In Contemporary Jewish American Dramatists and Poets A Bio Critical Sourcebook ed Joel Shatzky and Michael Taub Westport Ct Greenwood Press 1999 pp 220 225 a b c Chana Bloch Poetry Foundation 21 May 2017 amazon com About Us Persimmon Tree Retrieved 2019 05 29 Chana Bloch Bio www chanabloch com Retrieved 2019 05 29 Jonathan Barron At Home in the Margins The Jewish American Voice Poem in the 1990s College Literature 1997 104 123 Mavor Anne Chana Bloch In Strong Hearts Inspired Minds Twenty two Interviews with Artists Who are Mothers Portland OR Rowanberry Books 1996 182 192 https www mills edu news 2017 newsstory 05222017 MillsMournsChanaBloch php permanent dead link Yehuda Amichai 1924 2000 Poetry Foundation 22 July 2021 External links editPersimmon Tree website Bloch website Autumn House Press The University of Wisconsin Press Sheep Meadow Press Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Chana Bloch amp oldid 1179731239, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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