Asher Barash |
| Asher Barash (1889 - 1952; Lopatin, Galicia) was well-acquainted with modern Hebrew literature from an early age. Nonetheless, most of his early writings - he began writing at thirteen - were in Yiddish, German and Polish. At the age of sixteen, Barash left home and travelled through Galicia working as a teacher. He began publishing in Hebrew in 1908, and in 1914 moved to Eretz Israel. In Israel he taught Hebrew and literature, mostly in secondary school in Tel Aviv. Once in Israel he composed poems and prose for adults and children, wrote criticism, translated, and edited several publications. He was active in organizing the Hebrew Writers Association and also established the bio-bibliographical institute, Genazim, which now bears his name. In his work he describes the world he left behind, as well as the first days of Tel Aviv. He also wrote historical stories based on events in Jewish History. He was awarded the 1940 Bialik Prize. |
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Books Published in Hebrew |
| At the Gates of Heaven, Ginzburg, 1914 [Mul Sha`ar Ha-Shamayim] |
| Yesterday (poetry), Hasharon, 1915 [Tmol] |
| Friends (stories), Kupat ha-Sefer, 1926 [Haverim] |
| A Journey to the Mountains (stories), Mitzpeh, 1927 [Masa Be-Harim] |
| Rudorfer`s Episodes (stories), Hedim, 1928 /Massada, 1943 [Pirkei Rudorfer] |
| Sketches from the Brewery (novel), Mitzpeh, 1929 /Massada, 1952 [Tmunot Mi-Beit Mevashel Ha-Sheichar] |
| Stories, Dvir, 1930 [Sipurim] |
| Three Stories, Kupat ha-Sefer, 1935 [Shelosha Sipurim] |
| On this Lands (stories), Mitzpeh, 1936 [Alei Adamot] |
| Alien Love, 1938 [Ahava Zara] |
| Last in Toledo, Massada, 1943 [Ha-Nishar be-Toleda] |
| Gardener (novel), Massada, 1944 [Gananim] |
| As a Besieged City, Massada, 1945 [Ke-Ir Netzurah] |
| Youngsters (stories), 1948 [Ne`arim] /Let the Young Men Play, 1966 [Yisahaku Ne`arim] |
| Under the Shadow of Good People, Bialik Institute, 1949 [Be-Tzel Anashim Tovim] |
| Noon Shadow (poetry), Massada, 1949 [Tzel Tzohoraim] |
| The Golden Lamp (children), Massada, 1943 [Menorat Ha-Zahav] |
| Selected Stories of Asher Barash, Dvir, 1951 [Sipurim Nivharim] |
| Those Times (historic novellas), Massada, 1952 [Siah Ha-Eitim] |
| Collected Works, Massada, 1952/57 [Kitvei Asher Barash] |
| The Man and His Home Perished, Massada, 1969 [Ish U-Beito Nimhu] |
| The Stories of Asher Barash, Am Oved, 1978 [Sipurei Asher Barash] |
| Collected Stories, Yahdav/Agudat Ha-Sofrim, 1980 |
Books in Translation |
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Sketches from the Brewery Dutch: Amsterdam, Kosmos, 1972 English: London, Peter Owen, 1972; New York, Bobbs-Merrill, 1972 Last in Toledo Dutch: Meesters der Hebreeuwse vertelkunst, 1965 Russian: Jerusalem, Biblioteka Aliia,1987 Finnish: Helsinki, Kirjanelio, 1973 French: Jerusalem, Organ. Sioniste Mondiale, 1956 German: Hebraeische Erzaehler der Gegenwart. 1964. The Golden Lamp Finnish: Helsinki, Kirjanelio, 1973 French: Jerusalem, Organ. Sioniste Mondiale, 1956 Collected Stories English: Tel Aviv, Massadah, 1963 French: Jerusalem, Organ. Sioniste Mondiale. 1956 German: Olten, Der Mandelstab Walter-Verlag, 1963. Hungarian: Ujheber elbeszelok, 1942 Italian: Milan Mondadori, 1962 Russian: Jerusalem, Biblioteka Aliia, 1987 A Golden Treasury of Jewish Tales English: Tel Aviv, Massada-PEC, 1965; New York, Dodd Mead, 1965; London, W.H.Allen, 1966 Last updated: 24.05.2008 |
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