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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
Born	14 April 1876 Mszczonów, Poland
Died	21 November 1927(1927-11-21) (aged 51) Otwock, Poland
Nationality	Polish,
Other names	Hersz Dawid Nomberg, Hirsch David Nomberg
Occupation	Writer, journalist, and essayist

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, serving as a delegate in the Sejm for the Folkspartei.[1][3]

Works

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]

Translations into English

• "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.

Notes

References

• Weiser, Kalman. "Hersh Dovid Nomberg". YIVO Encyclopedia of Jews in Eastern Europe.
• Rajzen (2 January 2018). "Nomberg". Leksikon fun der Nayer Yidisher Literatur.
• "H D Nomberg". Yiddishkayt.

External links

• Free song lyrics in Yiddish and sheet music by Hersh David Nomberg http://ulrich-greve.eu/free/others.html

На других языках

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[de] Hirsch David Nomberg

Hirsch David Nomberg, auch Hersh David (geboren 14. April 1876 in Mszczonów, Russisches Kaiserreich; gestorben 21. November 1927 in Otwock, Polen) war ein polnischer Schriftsteller und Publizist in jiddischer Sprache.

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- [en] Hersh Dovid Nomberg

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