Moshe Smilansky |
| Moshe Smilansky (1874 - 1953, b. Ukraine) spent his childhood in pastoral surroundings. He was taught by private tutors, but also learned both from members of the first Zionist group, "the Biluim," who lived in his village for some time, and from Tolstoy`s disciples, who settled there. When he was sixteen he traveled to Eretz Israel, where he worked in agriculture. At the age of 20, he returned to Russia to serve in the army but after several weeks made his way back to Eretz Israel. Smilansky`s first article was published in 1889. He began submitting articles about the Jewish community in Eretz Israel to Hebrew publications abroad. He settled in as a farmer/landowner in Rehovot, where he owned vineyards, orange groves and almond trees. In 1906 he fell ill and traveled to Europe seeking a cure. While recovering, he wrote his first story. The story, which eventually turned into a series, was about the life of the Arabs. Smilansky was one of the founders of the Jewish farmers` association and a fervent supporter of the redeeming value of physical work, especially agriculture, for the Jewish people. Smilansky died in Tel Aviv. |
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Books Published in Hebrew |
| The Arabs (stories), Odessa, 1911 [Bnei Arav] |
| By the Yarkon River (stories), Yizreel, 1936 [Al Hof Hayarkon] |
| Hedera (non-fiction), 1936 [Hedera] |
| Moshe Smilansky`s Works, The Farmers` Association of Eretz Israel, 1937 [Kitvei Moshe Smilansky] |
| The Path to Redemption (non-fiction), KKL-Jewish National Found, 1944 [Maslul Ha-Geulah] |
| Unknown Pioneers (non-fiction), Am Oved, 1943-53 [Mishpahat Ha-Adamah] |
| The Land`s Redemptors (non-fiction), KKL- Jewish National Found, 1947 [Goalei Ha-Karka] |
| The Jewish Colonization and the Arab Farmer (non-fiction), 1947 [Ha-Hitiashvut Ha-Ivrit Ve Ha- Falah] |
| In Mountain and Valley (stories), Schocken, 1948 [Ba-Har U-Ba-Gai] |
| Yeshuv Stories, Dvir, 1948 [Sipurei Yeshuv] |
| Rehovot (non-fiction), 1950 [Rehovot] |
| Nes-Tziona (non-fiction), 1953 [Nes Tziona] |
| Farewell, Twersky, 11955 [Im Preidah] |
| The History of the Yeshuv (non-fiction), Dvir, 1978 [Pirkei Toldot Ha-Yeshuv] |
Books in Translation |
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Selected Stories English: London, Methuen, 1935; New York, Hebrew Educators Comitee for Labor Palestine, 1944 The Arabs Yiddish: Warsaw, Yiddishe Bibliotek Farn Folk, 1932 Unknown Pioneers English: Jerusalem, World Zionist Organization Youth Department, 1946 French: Jerusalem, Mass R., 1949 Spanish: Jerusalem, Organizacion Sionista Mundial, 1949 In Mountain and Valley Spanish: Buenos Aires, Editorial Israel, 1953 Individual works have been published in: English, French, Frisian, German, Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish. Last updated: 10.04.2008 |
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