Aharon Avraham Kabak

AA Kabak in the 1920s

Aharon Avraham Kabak (born December 2, 1880 in Smorgon , † November 20, 1944 in Jerusalem ) was a Hebrew-speaking writer of classical modernism.

life and work

Born in 1880 in Lithuania, Russia , he immigrated to Palestine in 1911 . For some time he studied at German universities. In his literary work, he mainly focused on historical topics. His novel trilogy about the Portuguese Converso Diego Pires, later known as Salomon Molcho , who became the herald of the pretender of the Messiah, David Reuveni , was published in 1913–1927 . In 1937 his Jesus novel במשעול הצר (Eng. On a narrow path ) was published. A large-scale family saga remained unfinished. As a translator, Kabak devoted himself to the works of Stendhal , among other things .

Web links

Aharon Avraham Kabak אהרן אברהם קבק (1883-1944). In: New Hebrew Literary Dictionary (הספרות העברית החדשה לקסיקון). Ohio State University , archived from the original on June 12, 2010 (Hebrew, entry via Aharon Avraham Kabak in the Bio-Bibliographic Lexicon of New Hebrew Literature).; accessed on January 17, 2019

Individual evidence

↑ John F. Oppenheimer (Red.) And a .: Lexicon of Judaism. 2nd Edition. Bertelsmann Lexikon Verlag, Gütersloh u. a. 1971, ISBN 3-570-05964-2 , Sp. 357. The Bio-Bibliographical Lexicon of New Hebrew Literature names December 28, 1883 as the birthday.

personal data
SURNAME	Kabak, Aharon Avraham
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Hebrew writer
DATE OF BIRTH	December 2, 1880
PLACE OF BIRTH	Smorgon
DATE OF DEATH	November 20, 1944
Place of death	Jerusalem

[1] John F. Oppenheimer (Red.) And a .: Lexicon of Judaism. 2nd Edition. Bertelsmann Lexikon Verlag, Gütersloh u. a. 1971, ISBN 3-570-05964-2 , Sp. 357. The Bio-Bibliographical Lexicon of New Hebrew Literature names December 28, 1883 as the birthday.