Uri Zvi Greenberg
Israeli poet and politician (1896–1981) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Uri Zvi Greenberg (Hebrew: אוּרִי צְבִי גְּרִינְבֵּרְג; September 22, 1896 – May 8, 1981; also spelled Uri Zvi Grinberg) was an Israeli poet, journalist and politician who wrote in Yiddish and Hebrew.[1]
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1949–1951 | Herut |
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Born | 22 September 1896 Bilyi Kamin, Austria-Hungary |
Died | 8 May 1981(1981-05-08) (aged 84) Ramat Gan, Israel |
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Widely regarded among the greatest poets in the country's history, he was awarded the Israel Prize in 1957 and the Bialik Prize in 1947, 1954 and 1977, all for his contributions to fine literature. Greenberg is considered the most significant representative of modernist Expressionism in Hebrew and Yiddish literature.