Udreka zycia i inne dramaty rodzinne

by Hanoch Levin

Bogactwo tworczosci Hanocha Levina kryje sie przede wszystkim w roznorodnosci gatunkow jakimi umiejetnie operowal Pisarz poeta i krytyk teatralny Haim Nagid zwykl te roznorodnosc porzadkowac wedle klucza chronologicznego Wedlug niego pierwszy etap dzialalnosci artystycznej Levina znamionuja kabarety satyryczne do drugiego naleza komedie rodzinne zas do ostatniego dramaty mityczne Levin byl przede wszystkim wielkim komentatorem swojej mlodej ojczyzny reagujacym na spoleczne i polityczne pulsacje miast w ktorych przyszlo mu tworzyc Cykl dramatow zwanych rodzinnymi czy domowymi to reminiscencje jego rodzinnej polskozydowskiej dzielnicy Neve Szanen na poludniu Tel Awiwu to takze jidyszowopolsko brzmiace imiona znane ulice i miejsca Levin doskonale operuje literackimi gatunkami laczac ich potencjaly z wlasna wrazliwoscia Zawsze jednak mysli o scenie Tekst to dla niego podatne na liczne przeksztalcenia teatralne tworzywo To zapis scenicznego doswiadczenia ktore w zyciu artystycznym Levina pelnilo role prymarna i ku ktoremu podazaly niemal wszystkie jego literackie wysilki Z wstepu Justyny Biernat do Udreki zycia i innych dramatow rodzinnych pt Laboratorium doswiadczen Dramaturgia Hanocha Levina

456 pages, Hardcover

Published January 1, 2015

About the author

Hanoch Levin (1943-1999), one of Israel`s leading dramatists, was born in Tel Aviv. He grew up in a religious home in the Neve Shaanan neighborhood in southern Tel Aviv. As a child, he attended the Yavetz State Religious School. In the 1950s, his brother, David, who was nine years older than him, worked as an assistant director at the Cameri Theater. Hanoch attended Zeitlin Religious High School in Tel Aviv. After ninth grade, he left school to help support the family. He worked as a messenger boy for the Herut company and took classes at a night school for working youth at the Ironi Aleph middle school. There he joined a drama club. After serving his compulsory military duty, Levin began to study philosophy and Hebrew literature at Tel Aviv University (1964-1967).
At first he wrote poetry, but later concentrated on the theater. He became resident playwright of the Cameri Theater in Tel Aviv and also worked with Habimah, Israel`s national theater.
Levin wrote 50 plays, 34 of which have been staged. His work includes comedies, tragedies and satiric cabarets, most of which he directed himself. In addition, he published five books of short stories and poems and a book for children. He received numerous theater awards both in Israel and abroad - most notably at the Edinburgh Festival -and his plays have been staged around the world. Levin was awarded the Bialik Prize in 1994.