ABSTRACT
ZACH, Nathan b. 1930. Israeli writer. Zach emigrated to Palestine in 1930. He was educated at the Hebrew University and has taught at Essex University in England and Haifa University. He is best known for his poetry and he is regarded as one of the central figures in Israeli literature. He insists on the poet’s freedom from all externally imposed ideology and he has attacked Natan ALTERMAN for his adherence to the norms of European symbolism. A selection of his poetry has been translated into English as The Static Element (1982).
