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Hersh Dovid Nomberg

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]

Hersh Dovid Nomberg
Hersh Dovid Nomberg
Born14 April 1876
Died21 November 1927(1927-11-21) (aged 51)
Otwock, Poland
NationalityPolish,
Other namesHersz Dawid Nomberg, Hirsch David Nomberg
Occupation(s)Writer, journalist, and essayist

Biography edit

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 edit

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 edit

  • "In the Mountains", translated by Joachim Neugroschel, in No Star Too Beautiful. Norton: New York, 2002. ISBN 0-393-05190-0.
  • "Friends", translated by Seymour Levitan, in Have I Got a Story for You. Norton: New York, 2016. ISBN 0-393-06270-8
  • Warsaw Stories, translated by Daniel Kennedy. White Goat Press: Amherst, 2019. ISBN 9780989373197.
  • A Cheerful Soul and Other Stories, translated by Daniel Kennedy. Snuggly Books: Sacramento, 2021. ISBN 9781645250685.
  • Between Parents, translated by Ollie Elkus and Daniel Kennedy. Farlag Press: Tours, 2021. ISBN 9791096677092.
 
Hersh Dovid Nomberg, Chaim Zhitlovsky, Sholem Asch, I L Peretz, Abraham Reisen during the Czernowitz-Conference 1908

Notes edit

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

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