Each stanza of one of this man's early poems ends with the refrain "Through two points only one straight line can pass."
Each stanza of one of this man's early poems ends with the refrain "Through two points only one straight line can pass." His first work to be translated into English was the novel Not of This Time, Not of This Place. In a long autobiographical poem by this author, the speaker is an old man who reflects on his life, comparing it to the travels of Benjamin of Tudela. A poem which notes that "I wasn't one of the six million who died in the (*) Shoah" also contains a line which provides the title of his collection Open Closed Open, and his other collections in English include Exile at Home and a volume of selected poems translated by Ted Hughes. Some of poems refer to a friend of his who died in the Holocaust as "little Ruth." An early poem by him is named after Yehuda Ha-Levi, who shares his first name. For 10 points, name this 20th-century Israeli poet.
Each stanza of one of this man's early poems ends with the refrain "Through two points only one straight line can pass."
Yehuda {Amichai} [or Ludwig {Pfeuffer}]