Shimeonewitch David (1 results)

Paper Wrappers. Condition: Poor. In Hebrew, vowelized. 15 pages. 20 x 14 cm. Stapled booklet. Wrappers are soiled with very small hole in front wrappers, penetrating first leaf. First five leaves are light penciled elucidation in Hebrew of some words appearing in print and also a few English language words Curiously, rear wrapper has fountain pen inscription in Hebrew, the translation of which is: My first work, R[?] Finkelstin, Berlin 1929" David Shimonovitch, (later David Shimoni (25 August 1891 Babruysk in Belarus (then part of the Russian Empire - 10 December 1956 Israel) was an Israeli poet, writer and translator. Although he lived in Eretz Israel when it was under Ottoman rule, in 1909, he did not immigrate to Eretz Israel until 1920, by which time it was under British rule. In 1936 and 1949 Shimoni was awarded the Bialik Prize for Literature. In 1954, he was awarded the Israel Prize, for literature. He is also a recipient of the Tchernichovsky Prize for exemplary translation. An idyll is a short poem, descriptive of rustic life, written in the style of Theocritus's short pastoral poems, the Idylls. Unlike Homer, Theocritus did not engage in heroes and warfare. His idylls are limited to a small intimate world, and describe scenes from everyday life.