Women Poets

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In this article, the writer looks at the careers and poetical works of Diana Wakoski and Raquel Chalfi. The writer looks at the style and influences on each of the poets and notes their major works respectively. The writer concludes that Diana Wakoski and Raquel Chalfi have differences in their nationality and experiences, however, both speak to the experiences of women poets in the contemporary world through their poems.

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"Like Wakoski, Raquel Chalfi has produced a large volume of poetry since beginning her career in the 1970s. Chalfi was born in Israel in 1945. She studied English Literature at Hebrew University where she received a Masters Degree. In addition to her literary studies, Chalfi graduated from The American Film Institute in Los Angeles. She used the skills learned in her education to work as a military correspondent during her mandatory army service in Israel."
"She continued to work in the journalistic field where she wrote and directed work for the radio and made independent documentary and experimental films. She has also written, directed and produced creative works for television and radio. For her work in film, television and radio, she has won several awards both in Israel and abroad. Another expression of her creativity has come in plays for which she has also won awards."

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• Ellmann, Richard and Robert O'Clair, ed. The Norton Anthology of Modern Poetry. 2nd ed. New York: W.W. Norton and Co., 1988.
• "Rachel Chalfi." Ithl.org. 2004. The Institute for the Translation of Hebrew Literature. 22 April 2006. http://ithl.org.il/author_info.asp?ed=70

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