Vivian Eden holds a PhD in translation studies from the University of Iowa. The author of one book of poetry and numerous articles, she translates from Hebrew into English and a bit from French and is currently working on poetry and prose by Salman Masalha, who writes in both Hebrew and Arabic. Her day job is at Haaretz’s English edition, a daily newspaper published in Tel Aviv with the International New York Times.
Photo of Lea Goldberg and drawing by Goldberg from She’erit HaChayim (1971) / Courtesy of the Gnazim Institute, Hebrew Writers’ Association
Lea Goldberg (1911–1970), one of the most importan…