Abraham Mordechai Piurko (Yiddish: אברהם מרדכי פּיורקאָ, romanized: Avraham Mordekhai Piyurko; 15 February 1853 – 11 June 1933) was a Hebrew-language author, children's writer, publisher, and educator.
Abraham Mordechai Piurko | |
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| Native name | אברהם מרדכי פּיורקאָ |
| Born | 15 February 1853 Lomza, Augustów Governorate, Congress Poland |
| Died | 11 June 1933 (aged 80) Grayeve, Bialystok Voivodeship, Second Polish Republic |
| Language | Hebrew |
Biography
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Piurko was born to a Jewish family in Lomza, Poland. After having studied Talmud and rabbinics, he devoted himself to modern Hebrew literature, publishing successively: Bat Yiftaḥ (Lyck, 1873), a Biblical poem; Reʿuyim ha-devarim le-mi she-omrim (Warsaw, 1880), criticisms on Biblical and Talmudical legends; Sefer mikhtavim ha-shalem (Warsaw, 1882), a Hebrew letter-writer, containing 150 specimens of letters on different subjects;[1] Nitʻe naʻamanim (Warsaw, 1884), 100 stories for the young; Kur ha-mivḥan (Warsaw, 1887), a book for teachers, containing a Biblical catechism; and Haskalah medumah (Warsaw, 1888), a sketch of Jewish life.[2][3]
In 1893 Piurko published eleven stories for children, two of which were written by his son Ḥayyim, and in 1894 Shevet sofer ha-shalem, a new letter-writer, also containing 150 specimens. In the same year he published Yilkut ha-reʻim, a grammatical work in verse, and issued a new and revised edition of his Nitʻe naʻamanim. Elef ha-magen, a grammar for school courses, was published in 1898.[2][3]
In 1899 Piurko began the publication of the weekly periodical Gan sha'ashu'im, the first Hebrew children's newspaper outside Palestine.[4] Besides numerous articles by him, two of his works deserving special mention were published in the newspaper, namely, Av le-banim (1899) and Ha-rav ve-talmidav (1900). The latter work consists of essays on grammar. In addition, Piurko contributed to many Hebrew and Yiddish periodicals in Odessa, Saint Petersburg, and Warsaw.[4]
Publications
edit- Bat Yiftaḥ. Lyck: Druck von Rudolph Siebert. 1873.
- Pjurko, Abraham Marcus (1880). Reʿuyim ha-devarim le-mi she-omrim. Warsaw.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - Sefer mikhtavim ha-shalem. Warsaw: Defus Natan Shriftgisser. 1882.
- Sefer nitʻe naʻamanim. Warsaw: Druk fun Aleksander Ginz. 1883.
- Haskalah medumah: sipur me-ḥaye ʻamenu. Warsaw: Ha-almanah Levin-Epshtain u-vaneha. 1887.
- Kur ha-mivḥan. Warsaw: Druk fun Aleksander Ginz. 1887.
- Arum raʿah raʻah ve-nistar. Warsaw: Defus ha-aḥim Shuldberg. 1893.
- Aḥarit rasha. Warsaw: Defus ha-aḥim Shuldberg. 1893.
- Dam naki. Warsaw: Defus ha-aḥim Shuldberg. 1893.
- Matza isha matza tov. Warsaw: Defus ha-aḥim Shuldberg. 1893.
- Shevet sofer ha-shalem. Warsaw. 1893.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - Ud mutzal me-esh. Warsaw: Defus ha-aḥim Shuldberg. 1893.
- Ḥalom emet. Warsaw: Defus ha-aḥim Shuldberg. 1893.
- Yilkut ha-reʻim. Warsaw: Defus Halter ve-Aizenshtadt. 1894.
- Sefer luḥot ha-peʻalim ha-ḥadash. Piotrków. 1902.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - Beit sefer Ivri ha-ḥadash; o, ha-medaber bilshon amo. Warsaw: Defus ha-almanah veha-aḥim Romm. 1903.
- Elef ha-magen. Warsaw: Defus ha-almanah veha-aḥim Romm. 1904.
- Sefer luḥot ha-peʻalim ha-matkan. Grayeve: Defus Avraham Mordekhai Piyurko. 1905.
References
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This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Rosenthal, Herman; Eisenstadt, Benzion (1905). "Pjurko, Abraham Mordecai". In Singer, Isidore; et al. (eds.). The Jewish Encyclopedia. Vol. 10. New York: Funk & Wagnalls. p. 68.
- ^ Freimann, A., ed. (1919). "Zeitschrift für hebræische Bibliographie". XXII (1/3). Frankfurt a. M.: 44.
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Rosenthal, Herman; Eisenstadt, Benzion (1905). "Pjurko, Abraham Mordecai". In Singer, Isidore; et al. (eds.). The Jewish Encyclopedia. Vol. 10. New York: Funk & Wagnalls. p. 68.
- ^ a b Zeitlin, William (1891). "Pjurko, Abraham Marcus". Bibliotheca hebraica post-Mendelssohniana (in German). Vol. 1. Leipzig: K. F. Koehler's Antiquarium. p. 270. Archived from the original on 2021-04-18. Retrieved 2021-04-18.
- ^ a b Holtzman, Avner (2008). "Hebrew Literature". In Hundert, Gershon (ed.). YIVO Encyclopedia of Jews in Eastern Europe. Translated by Fachler, David. New Haven: Yale University Press. Archived from the original on 2021-04-13. Retrieved 2021-04-18.