Dictionary of Jewish Biography. Dan Cohn-Sherbok.
HAZAZ, ḤAYYIM — (1898–1973), Hebrew writer. Born in Sidorovichi (Kiev province), Hazaz received a traditional and secular education, studying Hebrew and Russian literature. From the age of 16 (1914), when he left home, to 1921 he moved from one large Russian… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
HEBREW LITERATURE, MODERN — definition and scope beginnings periodization … Encyclopedia of Judaism
JERUSALEM — The entry is arranged according to the following outline: history name protohistory the bronze age david and first temple period second temple period the roman period byzantine jerusalem arab period crusader period mamluk period … Encyclopedia of Judaism
CULTURAL LIFE — Introduction The movement for the return to Zion which emerged as a force at the end of the 19th century was based on a variety of motivations, including the political – the demand for an independent homeland where the Jews could forge their own… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
HÉBRAÏQUES (LANGUE ET LITTÉRATURE) — L’hébreu appartient au groupe des langues sémitiques du Nord Ouest, dont il constitue, avec le phénicien et le moabite, le rameau cananéen. L’hébreu, aujourd’hui langue nationale d’Israël, représente, en effet, la forme évoluée de l’idiome qui… … Encyclopédie Universelle
ABRAMOVITSH, SHOLEM YANKEV — (Jacob, also Mendele Moykher Sforim; 1835 or 1836–1917), Hebrew and Yiddish writer, often called the grandfather of modern Judaic literature. Abramovitsh was born in Kapulia (Kopyl), near Minsk; he lived in Berdichev from 1858 to 1869 and… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
SCIENCE FICTION AND FANTASY, JEWISH — Fantasy is a genre of literature in which realistic narratives are disrupted by unnatural or unexplainable events. The term Science Fiction (SF) emerged during the 1930s as a catchall descriptor for a publishing category with roots traceable to… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
1944 in literature — The year 1944 in literature involved some significant new books.Events*New books*Samuel Hopkins Adams Canal Town *Jorge Amado Terras do Sem Fim (The Violent Land) *Saul Bellow Dangling Man *Jorge Luis Borges The Book of Imaginary Beings… … Wikipedia
List of Hebrew language poets — List of Hebrew language poets:Biblical* King David * King Solomon * JeremiahEarly Middle Ages* Yose ben Yose * Yannai * Eleazar ha KalirGolden Age in Spain* Joseph ibn Abitur * Abraham Abulafia * Meir Halevi Abulafia * Todros Abulafia * Levi ibn… … Wikipedia
AGNON, SHMUEL YOSEF — (Czaczkes, Samuel Josef; 1888–1970), Hebrew writer; Nobel Laureate in literature. One of the central figures in modern Hebrew fiction, his works deal with major contemporary spiritual concerns: the disintegration of traditional ways of life, the… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
