Jacob Fichman Explained

Jacob Fichman
Birth Date:25 November 1881
Birth Place:Bălți, Bessarabia, Moldova
Death Date:18 May 1958
Death Place:Tel Aviv, Israel
Occupation:Poet, essayist, literary critic
Language:Hebrew
Nationality:Israeli
Notableworks:Peat Sadeh ("A Corner of a Field")
Awards:Bialik Prize (1945, 1953), Israel Prize (1957)

Jacob Fichman (Hebrew: יעקב פיכמן; 25November 188118May 1958), also transliterated as Yakov Fichman, was an acclaimed Hebrew poet, essayist and literary critic.

Biography

Fichman was born in Bălți, Bessarabia, Moldova in 1881. He initially emigrated to Ottoman Palestine in 1912, but returned temporarily to Europe and was stranded there until after World War I, not returning to the then Mandate Palestine, later Israel, until 1919. where he died in 1958.

Fichman's poetry followed a traditional lyric Romantic style. His poetic background is reflected in his works of prose, which were sometimes seen as being nearly works of poetry in themselves. His other work included textbooks, articles in periodicals and introductions in literary anthologies. His critical essays focused heavily on the lives of the authors rather than on focusing directly on their work, giving the reader a holistic view of the author and the work.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: List of Bialik Prize recipients 1933-2004, Tel Aviv Municipality website (in Hebrew) . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20071217143811/http://www.tel-aviv.gov.il/Hebrew/_MultimediaServer/Documents/12516738.pdf . December 17, 2007 .
  2. Web site: Israel Prize Official Site - Recipients in 1957 (in Hebrew) . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110901214251/http://cms.education.gov.il/EducationCMS/Units/PrasIsrael/Tashyag/Tashkab_Tashyag_Rikuz.htm?DictionaryKey=Tashyaz . 2011-09-01 .