Bialik Prize
3 appearances
-
Edition 15 (1947) Winner
-
Edition 22 (1954) Winner
-
Edition 45 (1977) Winner
Uri Zvi Greenberg
ウリ・ツヴィ・グリンベルグ
Uri Zvi Greenberg
Aliases:
Uri Zvi Grinberg / Uri Tsevi Grinberg / אורי צבי גרינברג
Pen Names:
Tur-Malka（Added to the family name; used as an honorific/commemorative addition）
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1896-09-22 （Bilyi Kamin, Galicia, Austria-Hungary (now Ukraine)）
- Died
- 1981-05-08 （Ramat Gan, Israel） age 84
- Nationality
- Austria-Hungary (born), Israel (nationality)
- Languages
- Hebrew, Yiddish, Polish (used)
- Religion
- Judaism (Hasidic background)
- Residence History
- Lemberg (Lviv) → Warsaw, Poland → Berlin, Germany → Mandatory Palestine → Israel (immigration and residence) → Ramat Gan (final residence)
Career
- Occupations
- Poet, Journalist, Politician, Editor
- Active Years
- 1912-1981
- Affiliations
- Di Chaliastre (group of young Yiddish writers), Editor of the journal Albatros, Brit HaBirionim (Revisionist faction), Herut, Movement for Greater Israel, Member of the first Knesset (1949–1951)
- Memberships
- Knesset (Member, 1st Knesset)
- Influenced By
- Biblical and Talmudic Jewish texts, Shmuel Yankev Imber, Peretz Hirschbein, European modernist literature (Expressionism etc.)
- Influenced
- Later Hebrew poets (in the lineage of expressionist modernism)
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Traditional Jewish religious education (Hasidic upbringing) | — | Religious studies / Torah education | — | 幼少期〜青年期 | Austria-Hungary (then) |
Traditional Jewish religious education (Hasidic upbringing)
Religious studies / Torah education
Period:
幼少期〜青年期
Country:
Austria-Hungary (then)
Received traditional Jewish education; no clear record of modern academic degrees.
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1947 | Bialik Prize | — | 文学 | Tel Aviv Municipality (Bialik Prize) | 受賞 |
| 1954 | Bialik Prize | — | 文学 | Tel Aviv Municipality (Bialik Prize) | 受賞 |
| 1977 | Bialik Prize | — | 文学 | Tel Aviv Municipality (Bialik Prize) | 受賞 |
| 1957 | Israel Prize | — | ヘブライ文学への貢献 | State of Israel (Israel Prize) | 受賞 |
Bialik Prize
1947
Category:
文学
Organization:
Tel Aviv Municipality (Bialik Prize)
Result:
受賞
Bialik Prize
1954
Category:
文学
Organization:
Tel Aviv Municipality (Bialik Prize)
Result:
受賞
Bialik Prize
1977
Category:
文学
Organization:
Tel Aviv Municipality (Bialik Prize)
Result:
受賞
Israel Prize
1957
Category:
ヘブライ文学への貢献
Organization:
State of Israel (Israel Prize)
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Evening Gold
1918 Poetry (Yiddish)A collection from Greenberg's early neo-Romantic period, mixing wartime experience and religious imagery.
painfaithwar experience
Mefisto
1920 Long poem (Yiddish)A long poem engaging with the 'Faustian' world, influenced by depictions such as those by Oswald Spengler.
civilizational critiquedeal with evilself and destiny
In the Kingdom of the Cross
1920 Long poem (Yiddish)A long poem drawing on Greenberg's experiences from the 1918 pogroms, engaging intimately with Christian theology.
persecutioninter-religious dialogueapocalyptic vision
A Great Terror and Moon
1925 Poetry (Hebrew)One of his major Hebrew works, where biblical imagery collides with modern anguish.
prophetic tonebiblical quotationsmodernist anguish
From the Ruddy and the Blue
1950 Poetry (Hebrew)A postwar collection addressing loss and memory.
mourningmemorynational loss
Bibliography
- Evening Gold (Yiddish)
- Mefisto (Yiddish)
- In the Kingdom of the Cross (Yiddish)
- A Great Terror and Moon (Hebrew, 1925)
- The Rising Masculinity (Hebrew, 1926)
- A Vision of One of the Legions (Hebrew, 1928)
- House Dog (Hebrew, 1929)
- The Book of Indictment and Faith (Hebrew, 1937)
- From the Ruddy and the Blue (Hebrew, 1950)
- Streets of the River (Hebrew, 1951)
- Selected Poems (Schocken, 1979)
- Complete Works of Uri Zvi Greenberg (Bialik Institute, 1991)
Translations of Works
- Selected Poems (Schocken Books, 1979) - contains English translations
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Expressionist modernismProphetic and epic dictionFusion of scriptural citations with modern idiom
- Recurring Motifs
- pain and anguishprophetic visionsbiblical and Talmudic imagerynational loss and imagined revival
Legacy
Greenberg is regarded as one of the central expressionist poets in modern Hebrew and Yiddish literature. His work, structured around prophetic tone and pain, had a major impact on Israeli literature. His controversial political positions divide opinion, but his literary stature remains high.
Academic Societies
- Frequently studied within academic societies for Hebrew literature
Archives
- Bialik Institute (holds complete works and archival materials)
In Popular Culture
- Regularly cited in Israeli literary education and poetry studies
Trivia
- Served in the Austro-Hungarian Army 1915–1918 and deserted in 1918.
- In the 1920s participated in the Yiddish literary movement in Warsaw and edited the journal Albatros.
- Received the Bialik Prize in 1947, 1954 and 1977, and the Israel Prize in 1957.
- His parents and sisters were murdered in the Holocaust; survival and memory became central themes in his poetry.
- Elected to the first Knesset in 1949 as a member of Herut but lost his seat in 1951.