Studies in the History of Russian-Israeli Literature - Hardcover

by Roman Katsman (Editor), Maxim D. Shrayer (Editor)

The studies gathered in the collection present the Russian-language Israeli literature that has been forming over the past hundred years in all the variety of genres and aesthetic movements. In every generation and in every aliyah, Russian-Israeli authors tirelessly search for new forms, born of the encounter with the new land.

Author Biography

Roman Katsman is an Israeli scholar of Hebrew and Russian literature. He was born in Ukraine in 1969, repatriated to Israel in 1990, and is currently a full professor at Bar-Ilan University and head of the program for Jewish-Russian literature. His most recent books, published by Academic Studies Press, examine Israeli Russian-language literature.

Maxim D. Shrayer, bilingual author, scholar, and translator, is a professor at Boston College. Shrayer was born in Moscow in 1967 and immigrated to the US in 1987. His recent books include A Russian Immigrant: Three Novellas and Of Politics and Pandemics. Shrayer's new literary memoir, Immigrant Baggage, was published in 2023.