Leah goldberg/biography

Leah Goldberg or Lea Goldberg was a prolific Hebrew-language poet, author, playwright, literary translator, illustrater and painter, and comparative..

Leah Goldberg or Lea Goldberg was a prolific Hebrew-language poet, author, playwright, literary translator, illustrater and painter, and comparative literary researcher.

Born on May 29, in Königsberg, at the time in East Prussia, Leah Goldberg spent her childhood in Kovna in Lithuania.

Leah Goldberg or Lea Goldberg was a prolific Hebrew-language poet, author, playwright, literary translator, illustrater and painter, and comparative.

Leah Goldberg () was a prolific Hebrew language poet, author, playwright, professor, and researcher.

Lea Goldberg`s earliest Hebrew poems, diary notes, stories, and translations into Hebrew were produced in Kaunas, Lithuania, where she was raised.

Leah Goldberg

Israeli poet (1911–1970)

Leah Goldberg or Lea Goldberg^[1] (Hebrew: לאה גולדברג; May 29, 1911, Königsberg – January 15, 1970, Jerusalem) was a prolific Hebrew-language poet, author, playwright, literary translator, illustrater and painter,^[2]^[3] and comparative literary researcher.

Her writings are considered classics of Israeli literature.

Biography

Leah Goldberg was born to a Jewish Lithuanian family from Kaunas, however her mother traveled to the nearby German city of Königsberg (today, Russian Kaliningrad) in order to give birth in better medical conditions.

When asked about her place of birth, Goldberg often stated "Kaunas" rather than Königsberg.

A prolific and versatile writer, Lea Goldberg's work includes lyrical poetry, literary criticism, books for children, and translations of European classics.

When the First World War broke out, three-year-old Goldberg had to escape with her parents to the Russian Empire, where they spent a year in hard conditions. In Russia, her mother gave birth to a baby boy, Immanuel, who died before reaching his first birthday.

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