Songs from Bialik: Selected Poems of Hayim Nahman Bialik

By Hayyim Nahman Bialik

Book Overview

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.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0815628145
• ISBN13: 9780815628149
• Release Date: June 2000
• Publisher: Syracuse University Press
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 1.06 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.4"