Tali Cohen Shabtai

Tali Cohen Shabtai, is a poet, she was born in Jerusalem, Israel. She began writing poetry at the age of six, she had been an excellent student of literature. She began her writings by publishing her impressions in the school’s newspaper. First of all she published her poetry in a prestigious literary magazine of Israel ‘Moznayim’ when she was fifteen years old.

Tali has written three poetry books: Purple Diluted in a Black’s Thick, (bilingual 2007), Protest (bilingual 2012) and Nine Years Away From You (2018).

Tali’s poems expresses spiritual and physical exile. She is studying her exile and freedom paradox, her cosmopolitan vision is very obvious in her writings. She lived some years in Oslo Norway and in the U.S.A. She is very prominent as a poet with a special lyric, "she doesn’t give herself easily, but subject to her own rules".

Tali studied at the "David Yellin College of Education" for a bachelor's degree. She is a member of the Hebrew Writers Association and the Israeli Writers Association in the state of Israel.

In 2014, Cohen Shabtai also participated in a Norwegian documentary about poets' lives called "The Last Bohemian"- "Den Siste Bohemien", and screened in the cinema in Scandinavia. By 2020, her fourth book of poetry will be published which will also be published in Norway. Her literary works have been translated into many languages as well.

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Tali Cohen Shabtai, pjesnikinja rođena u Jeruzalemu u Izraelu
Tali je počela pisati poeziju kad je imala šest godina, bila je izvrsna studentica književnosti.
Svoje radove počela je objavljivati u školskim novinama. S 15 godina svoju poeziju je najprije objavila u "Moznayim", uglednom časopisu za književnosti u Izraelu.

Tali je napisala tri knjige poezije:
"Ljubičasta razrijeđena u gustoću crnog" dvojezično 2007
„Protest“ dvojezično 2012
„Devet godina bez tebe“ 2018,
Dvije su njezine knjige dvojezične, a treća knjiga „Devet godina bez tebe“ trebala bi biti objavljena u inozemnoj nakladi.

Talijine pjesme izražavaju duhovno i fizičko progonstvo.
Cohen proučava svoj paradoks egzila i slobode,
Njezina kozmopolitska vizija vrlo je očita u njenom pisanju
Cohen Shabtai živjela je godinama u Oslu u Norveškoj i SAD-u

Vrlo je istaknuta kao pjesnikinja s posebnom lirikom "ne odaje se lako, nego podliježe vlastitim pravilima".

Tali je studirala na „David Yellin College of Education“ za prvostupnicu.
Članica je Udruženja pisaca hebrejskog jezika i Udruženja Izraelskih pisaca.

Cohen Shabtai je 2014. godine sudjelovala i u norveškom dokumentarcu o životima pjesnika pod nazivom "Posljednji boem" - "Den Siste Bohemien", koji se prikazivao u kinima u Skandinaviji.

Do 2020. godine bit će objavljena njena četvrta knjiga poezije koja će također biti objavljena na norveškom jeziku. Njeni radovi prevedeni su i na mnogo drugih jezika.

Prijevod s engleskog: Sonja Smolec