David Moses Mitzkun (Hebrew: דוד משה בן קלמן מיצקון; May 1836 – July 23, 1887) was a Russian Hebraist.[1] He was a writer of Hebrew prose and poetry, and maintained himself chiefly by teaching Hebrew. A collection of his Hebrew poems entitled Kinnor David was published in Vilna in 1863.[2]
David Moses Mitzkun | |
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Born | May 1836 |
Died | July 23, 1887 Vilna, Vilna Governorate, Russian Empire | (aged 51)
Language | Hebrew |
Literary movement | Haskalah |
References
editThis article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Rosenthal, Herman; Raisin, J. S. (1904). "Mitzkun, David Moses". In Singer, Isidore; et al. (eds.). The Jewish Encyclopedia. Vol. 8. New York: Funk & Wagnalls. p. 623.
- ^ Rabinowitz, Shaul Pinchas (1887). Keneset Yiśraʾel: sefer shenati la-Torah ṿela-teʻudah. Warsaw: Defus Efrayim Boymritter ve-ḥatano Naftali Gonshor. p. 363.
- ^ Sheler, Ahuva (2008). Avraham Uri Kovner: The Beginning of Modern Criticism in Hebrew Literature (PDF) (Thesis) (in Hebrew). Tel Aviv: Tel Aviv University. pp. 99ff.