Hersh Dovid Nomberg
| Hersh Dovid Nomberg | |
|---|---|
 Hersh Dovid Nomberg | |
| Born |
14 April 1876 Mszczonów, Poland |
| Died |
21 November 1927 (aged 51) Otwock, Poland |
| Nationality | Polish, |
| Other names | Hersz Dawid Nomberg, Hirsch David Nomberg |
| Occupation | Writer, journalist, and essayist |
Hersh Dovid Nomberg (Yiddish: הערש דוד נאָמבערג), also written Hersh David Nomberg (14 April 1876 – 21 November 1927), was a Polish-Jewish writer, journalist, and essayist in 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 he served as a delegate in the Sejm for the Folkspartei.[1][4]
Works
The following is a partial list of Nombergs's works.
- Happiness (fairy tale, 1900)[5]
- Fliglman (short story, 1903)
- Dos shpil in libe (short story, 1907)
- Shvayg shvester!(short story, 1907)
- a kursistke (novella, 1907)
- "Tsvishn berg" (short story, 1908)
Translations into English
- In the Mountains in No Star Too Beautiful, translated by Joachim Neugroschel. Norton: New York, 2002. ISBN 0-393-05190-0.
Hersh Dovid Nomberg, Chaim
Zhitlovsky, Sholem Asch, I L Peretz, Abraham Reisen during the
Czernowitz-Conference 1908
Notes
- 1 2 3 https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/judaica/ejud_0002_0015_0_14905.html
- ↑ Neugroschel, J. (2004). No Star Too Beautiful: Yiddish Stories from 1382 to the Present. W. W. Norton. ISBN 978-0-393-32617-8. Retrieved 2016-05-02.
- ↑ Kalman Weiser, , YIVO Encyclopedia of Jews in Eastern Europe, 8 September 2010.
- ↑ "YIVO - Nomberg, Hersh Dovid". yivoencyclopedia.org. Retrieved 2 May 2016.
- ↑ "Hersh Dovid Nomberg: Happiness (A Fairy Tale)". Tales From The Forest. Retrieved 2 May 2016.
References
- Weiser, Kalman. "Hersh Dovid Nomberg". YIVO Encyclopedia of Jews in Eastern Europe.
- Rajzen. "Nomberg". Leksikon fun der Nayer Yidisher Literatur.
- "H D Nomberg". Yiddishkayt.
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