Yarden Ben-Zur is an Israeli poet, translator, and scholar specializing in Comparative Literature. He is a doctoral candidate at Tel Aviv University, where his research explores the intersections of German, Persian, and Hebrew literatures. His academic work delves into themes of revelation, mysticism, and poetic transformation.
Ben-Zur has contributed significantly to Persian literary studies, particularly through his research on The Roses’ Joyful Kingdom: The Poetics of the Garden in Goethe and Sa’di, where he examines the shared motifs of nature, beauty, and wisdom in Goethe’s West-Eastern Divan and Sa’di’s Gulistan. His insightful analysis bridges cultural and poetic traditions, shedding light on the universal language of the garden as a symbol of harmony and knowledge.
Alongside his scholarly work, Ben-Zur is the author of the poetry collection Suburbs of the Blue Sleep and co-author of Change Through Repetition: Mimesis as a Transformative Principle Between Art and Politics.
