Micah Joseph Lebensohn
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Micah Joseph Lebensohn Russia
n Hebrew poet.
His father, the poet Abraham Bär Lebensohn, implanted in him the love of Hebrew poetry, and Micah Joseph began very early to translate and to compose Hebrew songs. He suffered from consumption
during the last five or six years of his short life. In 1849 he was in Berlin
, and later went to Salzbrunn and other watering-places, where he vainly sought relief from the terrible disease which had attacked him. About the end of 1850 he abandoned all hope of recovery and returned to Wilna, where he lingered until his death.
Lebensohn's poetical works are: Harisut Troya (Wilna, 1849; 2d ed., ib. 1869), a translation of the third and fourth books of Virgil
's Aeneid
after Schiller's German translation; Shire Bat Ẓiyyon (ib. 1851; 2d ed., ib. 1869), epic poems on Jewish subjects, of which his brother-in-law, Joshua Steinberg
, published a German translation entitled Gesänge Zion's (ib. 1859); and Kinnor Bat Ẓiyyon (ib. 1870), a second volume of the foregoing songs, printed posthumously by his father. The most noted elegies on his death are that by his father, entitled Mikal Dim'ah (in the second part of Shire Sefat Ḳodesh) and J. L. Gordon's allegorical drama, Ho Aḥ, which is placed in the first part of Kol Shire Yehudah.
Lebensohn's poetry surpasses that of his father, and is characterized by a deep pathos and a beauty of expression which are rare in Neo-Hebrew verse. It is also noted for its expression of the young poet's strong longing for life and of the dread of an early dissolution which preyed on his mind.
Russia
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n Hebrew poet.
His father, the poet Abraham Bär Lebensohn, implanted in him the love of Hebrew poetry, and Micah Joseph began very early to translate and to compose Hebrew songs. He suffered from consumption
Tuberculosis
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during the last five or six years of his short life. In 1849 he was in Berlin
Berlin
Berlin is the capital city of Germany and is one of the 16 states of Germany. With a population of 3.45 million people, Berlin is Germany's largest city. It is the second most populous city proper and the seventh most populous urban area in the European Union...
, and later went to Salzbrunn and other watering-places, where he vainly sought relief from the terrible disease which had attacked him. About the end of 1850 he abandoned all hope of recovery and returned to Wilna, where he lingered until his death.
Lebensohn's poetical works are: Harisut Troya (Wilna, 1849; 2d ed., ib. 1869), a translation of the third and fourth books of Virgil
Virgil
Publius Vergilius Maro, usually called Virgil or Vergil in English , was an ancient Roman poet of the Augustan period. He is known for three major works of Latin literature, the Eclogues , the Georgics, and the epic Aeneid...
's Aeneid
Aeneid
The Aeneid is a Latin epic poem, written by Virgil between 29 and 19 BC, that tells the legendary story of Aeneas, a Trojan who travelled to Italy, where he became the ancestor of the Romans. It is composed of roughly 10,000 lines in dactylic hexameter...
after Schiller's German translation; Shire Bat Ẓiyyon (ib. 1851; 2d ed., ib. 1869), epic poems on Jewish subjects, of which his brother-in-law, Joshua Steinberg
Joshua Steinberg
Joshua Steinberg was a Russian Jewish writer and educator.-Life:He graduated from the Wilna rabbinical school, and then for a short time occupied the position of rabbi at Białystok, being called to Wilna in 1861 to fill a similar position...
, published a German translation entitled Gesänge Zion's (ib. 1859); and Kinnor Bat Ẓiyyon (ib. 1870), a second volume of the foregoing songs, printed posthumously by his father. The most noted elegies on his death are that by his father, entitled Mikal Dim'ah (in the second part of Shire Sefat Ḳodesh) and J. L. Gordon's allegorical drama, Ho Aḥ, which is placed in the first part of Kol Shire Yehudah.
Lebensohn's poetry surpasses that of his father, and is characterized by a deep pathos and a beauty of expression which are rare in Neo-Hebrew verse. It is also noted for its expression of the young poet's strong longing for life and of the dread of an early dissolution which preyed on his mind.