Songs from Bialik Selected Poems of Hayim Nahman Bialik
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Title
Songs from Bialik Selected Poems of Hayim Nahman Bialik
Subject
Poetry
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Book Title
Songs from Bialik Selected Poems of Hayim Nahman Bialik
Publication Date
2000
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Document Type
Book
Language
English
ISBN
9780815628149
Access
Restricted Access
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Abstract
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.
Cataloger
Kristen Walker
Citation
“Songs from Bialik Selected Poems of Hayim Nahman Bialik,” ICMGLT Digital Library, accessed November 3, 2026, https://library.icmglt.org/items/show/904.