Hayim Nahman Bialik (1873-1934) us is considered Israel's national poet and one of the greatest Hebrew poets of all time. Several of his poems, particularly his immensely popular children's verse, were set to music and proved to be among the most popular twentieth-century Hebrew songs. An essayist, storyteller, translator, and editor, he had a unique ability to use fully the entire linguistic and conceptual inventory of the Hebrew language. Bialik's career was a turning pint in Hebrew literature, bringing Biblical Hebrew into a contemporary usage and forming the basis of its renewed vigor. His legacy remains embedded in modern Hebrew literature like an immovable foundations stone.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Syracuse University Press
Published: 06/01/2000
ISBN: 9780815606055
Pages: 236
Weight: 0.70lbs
Size: 9.02h x 6.04w x 0.64d