Poetry. Jewish Studies. Translated from the Hebrew by David Cooper. In its Hebrew original, this collection of intense erotic poetry won the 1992 AKUM prize in Israel. Novelist Tsipi Keller says, "It is hard to speak of Rachel Eshed's poetry without mentioning 'fire'--her poems virtually burn on the page, and David Cooper's renditions not only do justice to the original but magnify its richness." Rachel Eshed was born on Kibbutz Degania Aleph in 1951, the daughter of holocaust survivors. She has studied theater and fine arts in Israel and London. In 1995, "Havtachot Ktanot" ("Little Promises') was published by Kibbutz Hameuchad; the manuscript received the 1992 AKUM Prize (AKUM is the Israeli equivalent of ASCAP). Her third book, "Shkufa Bachalon" ("Transparent In The Window" - 1999), received the 2001 the Bernstein Prize for Original Hebrew Poetry.

Rachel Eshed was born on Kibbutz Degania Aleph in 1951, the daughter of holocaust survivors. She has studied theater and fine arts in Israel and London.