02800nam 2200637 450 991082526270332120221220062456.00-8047-9313-110.1515/9780804793131(CKB)3710000000290665(EBL)1863799(SSID)ssj0001383950(PQKBManifestationID)11837707(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001383950(PQKBWorkID)11326224(PQKB)10917107(StDuBDS)EDZ0001132181(DE-B1597)563681(DE-B1597)9780804793131(Au-PeEL)EBL1863799(CaPaEBR)ebr10988179(OCoLC)923710412(OCoLC)1224277995(MiAaPQ)EBC1863799(EXLCZ)99371000000029066520140723h20152015 uy| 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrYosef Haim Brenner a life /Anita Shapira ; translated by Anthony BerrisStanford, California :Stanford University Press,[2015]©20151 online resource (489 p.)Stanford studies in Jewish history and culture"Originally published in Hebrew in 2008 under the title Brenner: Sippur hayim."0-8047-8527-9 Includes bibliographical references and index.The emergence of a writer, 1881-1901 -- In the Imperial Russian Army, 1901-1904 -- London, 1904-1906 -- London, 1906-1908 -- Lvov, 1908-1909 -- In Palestine, 1909-1911 -- The Jerusalem years, 1911-1914 -- Wartime, 1914-1918 -- Under British rule, 1918-1921 -- Days in May, 1921 -- De mortuis.Based on previously unexploited primary sources, this is the first comprehensive biography of Yosef Haim Brenner, one of the pioneers of Modern Hebrew literature. Born in 1881 to a poor Jewish family in Russia, Brenner published his first story, ""A Loaf of Bread,"" in 1900. After being drafted into the Russian army, he deserted to England and later immigrated to Palestine where he became an eminent writer, critic and cultural icon of the Jewish and Zionist cultural milieu. His life was tragically ended in the violent 1921 Jaffa riots.In a nutshell, Brenner's life story encompasses the generatStanford studies in Jewish history and culture.Authors, HebrewBiographyZionistsBiographyAuthors, HebrewZionists892.43/5Shapira Anita672420Berris AnthonyMiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910825262703321Yosef Haim Brenner4002793UNINA