Devarim beShem Omram : shirim

Ben-Nahum, Daniel 24 March 1910 Kovno, Russian Empire, now Lithuania - 26 December 1992 Israel) (Previous name: Daniel Prokhovnik Pirkhiyahu)

Published by sifriyat poalim Hakibbutz Ha'artzi HaShomer HaTza'ir, Merhaviya, Israel, 1965

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In Hebrew, vowelized. 118, (4) pages. 215 x 146 mm. Daniel Ben-Nahum was a poet, writer, dramatist, critic, literary researcher, editor and translator. He immigrated to Israel in 1933 and joined Kibbutz Bet Zera in the Jordan Valley. He published in Lithuania and Israel. Won the Kugel prize for lierature. He taught at the gymnasium in Petach Tikva and later at Gymnasium Herzliya in Tel Aviv. He was one of the leading members of Hashomer Hatza'ir. He was an emissary in Czechoslovakia on the eve of the German conquest and emissary after WWII to the Jewish internees in Cyprus. Was a leading member in Mapam. Top left corner of title page has a very small rubber stamp impression in Hebrew of the former owner, Professor Michael (Milton) Arfa, (1920 New York City - 2003 New York City) the distinguished Rabbi, author and professor of Hebrew literature and philosophy. Dr. Arfa taught generations of students at Yeshiva University, Herzliah Hebrew Teachers Institute, Hunter College, HUC-JIR and NYU. As chairman of the Israel Matz Foundation, Dr. Arfa devoted himself to aiding indigent Hebrew writers, and published scholarly works of Hebrew literature and philosophy. He was a gifted teacher, humanitarian, scholar, lover of Zion and above all a modest and quiet doer of good deeds. Seller Inventory # 015857

Bibliographic Details

Title: Devarim beShem Omram : shirim

Publisher: sifriyat poalim Hakibbutz Ha'artzi HaShomer HaTza'ir, Merhaviya, Israel

Publication Date: 1965

Binding: Hardcover

Illustrator: Kimchi, Yehezkel

Condition: Very Good