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Reuven Ben-Yosef
Reuven Ben-Yosef ( he, ראובן בן יוסף; 1937–2001) was an Israeli poet. Biography Ben-Yosef was born Robert Eliot Reiss, the son of Joseph and Cecilia Reiss, in New York City on May 31, 1937. His childhood was spent in Manhattan, where he attended P.S. 187 and later, The High School of Music & Art, where he became a professional jazz musician. He went on to complete his secondary education at Westwood Regional High School, Westwood High School in New Jersey and attended Oberlin College in Ohio before serving in the United States Army, U.S. Army in Heilbronn, Germany.Weingrad, Michael''Letters to America: Selected Poems of Reuven Ben-Yosef'' p. 4. Syracuse University Press, 2015. . Accessed June 5, 2016. "Robert grew up in Manhattan, attending P.S. 187 and the High School of Music and Art before the family moved to New Jersey where he excelled as a student-athlete at Westwood High School in Bergen County." During 1957–59 he published poetry in American literary magaz ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manhattan
Manhattan (), known regionally as the City, is the most densely populated and geographically smallest of the five boroughs of New York City. The borough is also coextensive with New York County, one of the original counties of the U.S. state of New York. Located near the southern tip of New York State, Manhattan is based in the Eastern Time Zone and constitutes both the geographical and demographic center of the Northeast megalopolis and the urban core of the New York metropolitan area, the largest metropolitan area in the world by urban landmass. Over 58 million people live within 250 miles of Manhattan, which serves as New York City’s economic and administrative center, cultural identifier, and the city’s historical birthplace. Manhattan has been described as the cultural, financial, media, and entertainment capital of the world, is considered a safe haven for global real estate investors, and hosts the United Nations headquarters. New York City is the headquarters of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
