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He married the Russian-born Christian, Melania Karlova, and resisted all demands from fellow Jews in Palestine that she convert to Judaism. Tchernichovsky and Karlova had a daughter together, Isolda.
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He was active in writers' organizations and a member of the Committee of the Hebrew Language. He was also the editor of the Hebrew terminology manual for medicine and the natural sciences.
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In the poetry of Tchernichovsky there is a blend of the influences of Jewish cultural heritage and world cultural heritage. He writes on Hebrew subjects as in "In Endor", a poem about
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Many of his poems have been set to music by the best Hebrew popular composers, such as Yoel Angel and Nahum Nardi. Singer-songwriters have also set his lyrics to music, as
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he wrote the poems "The Slain of Tirmonye" and "Ballads of Worms" that brought into expression his heart's murmurings concerning the tragic fate of the Jewish people.
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Toward the end of his life he composed some poems that are centered on images from his childhood point of view. These poems, which can properly be termed
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poet. He is considered one of the great Hebrew poets, identified with nature poetry, and as a poet greatly influenced by the culture of
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In 2011, Shaul Tchernichovsky was chosen to be one of four Israeli poets whose portraits would be on Israeli currency (together with
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Even with his yen for world culture, Tchernichovsky is identified with the fate of his people. In response to the
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He was a friend of the Klausner family of Jerusalem, including the child who would grow up to become the novelist
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There are streets named after him in several Israeli cities, such as Jerusalem, Tel Aviv,
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in his name. A school in Tel Aviv is named after him, as is the center for the
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The Zionist Ideas: Visions for the Jewish Homeland--then, Now, Tomorrow
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Tchernichovsky was known as a skilled translator. His translation of
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From 1925 to 1932 he was one of the editors of the newspaper
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Tchernichovsky was born on 20 August 1875 in the village of
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Tchernichovsky is the Hebrew poet most identified with the
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From 1929 to 1930 he spent time in America. In 1931, he
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where he studied from 1890 to 1892 and became active in
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After his death, the Tel Aviv municipality dedicated a
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circles. His first published poem was "In My Dream."
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particularly earned recognition. He also translated
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Mondoweiss. 22 August 2018 519:) and in 1942 (jointly with 203:British Mandate of Palestine 162: 149:Саул Гутманович Черниховский 84:British Mandate of Palestine 7: 739:(in Hebrew). Archived from 571: 255:Herzliya Hebrew High School 10: 943: 838:National Library of Israel 809:Abramson, Glenda (2008). 704:– via Google Books. 636:– via Google Books. 269: 148: 121: 116: 108: 97: 89: 69: 42: 30: 23: 515:, in 1940 (jointly with 360:Oh My Land My Birthplace 344:They Say There Is a Land 232:University of Heidelberg 626:. U of Nebraska Press. 495:Editing and linguistics 815:. Valentine Mitchell. 605:Jewish Virtual Library 503:Awards and recognition 491: 287: 279: 37:Tchernichovsky in 1927 912:Hebrew-language poets 907:Modern Hebrew writers 653:www.timesofisrael.com 489: 285: 277: 171:, Mykhailivka Raion, 746:on 17 December 2007. 609:Shaul Tchernichovsky 583:Tchernichovsky Prize 309:. He introduced the 294:. 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Index

Tchernichovsky in 1927
Mykhailivka
Taurida Governorate
Russian Empire
Jerusalem
British Mandate of Palestine
Palestine

Hebrew
Hebrew
ancient Greece
Mykhailivka
Taurida Governorate
Zaporizhzhia Oblast
Ukraine
Odessa
Zionist
immigrated
British Mandate of Palestine
Amos Oz
Jerusalem
University of Heidelberg
Kharkiv
Kiev
Minsk
Saint Petersburg
Herzliya Hebrew High School
Tel Aviv

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