Shaul Tchernichovsky | |
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Born | Mykhailivka, Taurida Governorate, Russian Empire | 20 August 1875
Died | 14 October 1943 Jerusalem, British Mandate of Palestine | (aged 68)
Occupation | Poet, essayist, translator, doctor |
Nationality | Russian by birth, immigrated to Palestine |
Genre | Lyrical-erotic poetry, epic poetry |
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Shaul Tchernichovsky (Hebrew: שאול טשרניחובסקי) or Saul Gutmanovich Tchernichovsky (Russian: Саул Гутманович Черниховский; 20 August 1875 – 14 October 1943) was a Russian-born Hebrew poet. He is considered one of the great Hebrew poets, identified with nature poetry, and as a poet greatly influenced by the culture of ancient Greece.