Bialik

By Aberbach, David
P. Halban, 1988, Paperback, ISBN: 1870015053, $12.95

Aberbach writes with warmth and intelligence in this short introductory work. Bialik was the first great poet in Modern Hebrew, and one of the greatest Jewish cultural figures of modernity.

His poetic oeuvre is not enormous but forms an essential part of the Modern Hebrew canon. His great anthology of Biblical legends, Sefer- ha Agadot, compiled with Ravnitzky is a foundation work in Modern Hebrew literature. Bialik was also a central figure in the early years of cultural life in Eretz Yisrael.