Hersh Dovid Nomberg Explained

Hersh Dovid Nomberg
Birth Date:	14 April 1876
Birth Place:	Mszczonów, Poland
Death Place:	Otwock, Poland
Nationality:	Polish,
Other Names:	Hersz Dawid Nomberg, Hirsch David Nomberg
Occupation:	Writer, journalist, and essayist

Hersh Dovid Nomberg (Yiddish: הערש דוד נאָמבערג), alsowritten Hersh David Nomberg (14 April 1876 – 21 November 1927),was a Polish-Jewish writer, journalist, and essayistin the Yiddish language.^[1]

Biography

Born in the Polish town of Mszczonów, near Warsaw,^[2] he grew up in a Hasidic background, before moving to Warsaw to pursue a career as a writer. Under the influence of his mentor I. L. Peretz he began writing in Yiddish as well as Hebrew.^[3] He played an important role in the Czernowitz Conference in 1908.^[1] Nomberg also had a brief career as a politician, serving as a delegate in the Sejm for the Folkspartei.^{[1] [3]}

Works

The following is a partial list of Nombergs's works.

• Happiness (fairy tale, 1900)^[4]
• "Fliglman" (short story, 1903)^[3]
• Dos shpil in libe (The play at love; novella, 1907)^[3]
• "Shvayg shvester!" (short story, 1907)
• A kursistke (A female university student; novella, 1907)^[3]
• Tsvishn berg (In the mountains; novella, 1908)^[3]
• Di mishpokhe (The family; drama, 1914)

Translations into English

• "In the Mountains", translated by Joachim Neugroschel, in No Star Too Beautiful. Norton: New York, 2002. .
• "Friends", translated by Seymour Levitan, in Have I Got a Story for You. Norton: New York, 2016.
• Warsaw Stories, translated by Daniel Kennedy. White Goat Press: Amherst, 2019. .
• A Cheerful Soul and Other Stories, translated by Daniel Kennedy. Snuggly Books: Sacramento, 2021. .
• Between Parents, translated by Ollie Elkus and Daniel Kennedy. Farlag Press: Tours, 2021. .

References

• Encyclopedia: Weiser. Kalman. Hersh Dovid Nomberg. YIVO Encyclopedia of Jews in Eastern Europe.
• Web site: Rajzen . Zalman . Nomberg . Leksikon fun der Nayer Yidisher Literatur . 2 January 2018.
• Web site: H D Nomberg. Yiddishkayt.

External links

• Free song lyrics in Yiddish and sheet music by Hersh David Nomberg http://ulrich-greve.eu/free/others.html

Notes and References

1. Web site: Nomberg, Hersh David.
2. Book: Neugroschel, Joachim. No Star Too Beautiful: Yiddish Stories from 1382 to the Present . W. W. Norton . 2004 . 978-0-393-32617-8 . 2 May 2016.
3. Weiser, Kalman (8 September 2010). "Nomberg, Herssh Dovid". YIVO Encyclopedia of Jews in Eastern Europe. Retrieved 20 August 2017.
4. Web site: Hersh Dovid Nomberg: Happiness (A Fairy Tale). Tales From The Forest. 11 April 2016. 2 May 2016.