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Yocheved Bat-Miriam

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Yocheved Bat-Miriam

Aliases: Yocheved Zhlezniak / יוכבד בת-מרים
Pen Names: Yocheved Bat-Miriam（Pen name used for her poetry (birth name: Yocheved Zhlezniak)）

Profile

Gender
Female
Born
1901-03-05 （Belarus (then Russian Empire)）
Died
1980-01-07 （Israel） age 78
Nationality
Israel
Languages
Hebrew
Religion
Hasidic Judaism
Residence History
Belarus (birthplace) → Kharkov (studied pedagogy) → Odessa (university) → Moscow (university) → Mandatory Palestine / later Israel (migrated 1928)

Career

Occupations
Poet
Active Years
1926-1948
Influenced By
Revolutionary Russian poetry / Russian literature, Hebrew Octoberists literary movement
Influenced
Later Israeli poets (generational influence)

Education

Kharkov (studied pedagogy)
Pedagogy
Country: Russian Empire (now Ukraine)
Reportedly studied pedagogy in Kharkov
University of Odessa
Country: Russian Empire (now Ukraine)
Recorded to have studied at Odessa; details unspecified
University of Moscow
Country: Russian Empire (now Russia)
Also studied in Moscow; details unspecified

Awards

Brenner Prize
1963
Category: 文学
Organization: Brenner Prize committee
Result: 受賞
Bialik Prize
1964
Category: 文学
Organization: Tel Aviv Municipality (Bialik Prize)
Result: 受賞
Israel Prize
1972
Category: 文学
Organization: State of Israel
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Merahok (From a Distance)

1929 Poetry

Early collection of poems containing works themed on nostalgia and longing for homeland.

nostalgialandscape of homelandmigration

Erets Yisra'el (The Land of Israel)

1937 Poetry

Poems expressing attachment to Palestine/Israel.

landidentity

Re'ayon (Interview)

1940 Poetry

A collection using personal memory and dialogue as motifs.

memorydialogue

Mishirei Russyah (Poems of Russia)

1942 Poetry

Poems addressing the landscapes of her birthplace and emotions from the revolutionary period.

Russiarevolutionnostalgia

Shirim La-Ghetto (Poems for the Ghetto)

1943 Poetry

Contains works inspired by or addressing the Holocaust.

Holocaustlossmemory

Shirim (Poems)

1963 Poetry

A volume collecting poems from her mature period.

maturityreflection

Beyn Chol Va-Shemesh (Between Sand and Sun)

1975 Poetry

A late collection including works considered part of her legacy.

late periodrecollection

Machatzit Mul Machatzit: Kol Ha-Shirim (Collected Poems)

2014 Poetry / Collected works

A collected edition gathering poems from her lifetime (edited/reissued).

collected worksreappraisal

Bibliography

  • Merahok (1929)
  • Erets Yisra'el (1937)
  • Re'ayon (1940)
  • Demuyot meofek (Images from the Horizon, 1942)
  • Mishirei Russyah (1942)
  • Shirim La-Ghetto (1943)
  • Shirim (1963)
  • Beyn Chol Va-Shemesh (1975)
  • Machatzit Mul Machatzit: Kol Ha-Shirim (2014)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
Modern Hebrew poetryimagisticlyrical and introspective style
Recurring Motifs
birds (e.g., cranes)landscapes of homeland and nostalgialoss and memoryrevolution and social change

Legacy

One of the important female poets of modern Hebrew literature. She expressed nostalgia for her homeland and experiences of the revolutionary era in a distinctive poetic language, influencing Israeli literature. Her cessation of writing after personal tragedy has been a subject of both recognition and discussion.

Academic Societies

  • Hebrew Writers Association (associated)

Archives

  • Ben-Gurion University archives (CV and materials related to Yocheved Bat-Miriam)

Trivia

  • Birth name Yocheved Zhlezniak (variations in Yiddish/Hebrew transliteration exist).
  • Migrated to Mandatory Palestine in 1928.
  • Reportedly ceased writing after her son Nahum (Zuzik) Hazaz died in the 1947–1949 Palestine war (1948).
  • Received the Brenner Prize (1963), Bialik Prize (1964) and Israel Prize (1972).