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Shlomo Herberg
Shlomo Herberg (1884–1966) was an Israelis, Israeli poet, writer translator, writer of Hebrew literature, and teacher of Lithuanian Jewish descent, who was born in what is now Kudirkos Naumiestis, Lithuania. He was one of the first professional Hebrew translators in the Land of Israel Tchernichovsky Prize Tchernichovsky Prize for Model Translations for the year 1960. He published many poems, books, songs, stories, and lists. Early life Shlomo Yosef ben Gershon Herberg was born in the autumn of 1884 in what is now the town of Kudirkos Naumiestis in Lithuania, but was at the time was נײַשטאָט־שאַקי (Nayshtot-Shaki) in Yiddish, Naumiestis in Lithuanian, Władysławów in Polish, and later became the Kudirkos Naumiestis near the city of Władysławów, [Shakhi] in the [Sobalak] Shire in the west the Russian Empire, in the region of [Poland] – Lithuania. He received a traditional Torah education in Cheder and was later educated in the most important Yeshivot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kudirkos Naumiestis
Kudirkos Naumiestis () is in the Šakiai district municipality, Lithuania. It is located south-west of Šakiai. History The settlement was first mentioned in 1561 as a village called ''Duoliebaičiai.'' In 1639 the town was renamed ''Vladislavovas'' ( pl, Władysławów) by Cecilia Renata of Austria after her husband Władysław IV Vasa. He granted the town Magdeburg rights in 1643. However, the name did not achieve popular usage, and the settlement became known as "a town" or "a new town" instead. The German name ''Neustadt Schirwindt'' is derived from the former town of Schirwindt, today a small military village called Kutuzovo, Krasnoznamensky District, Kaliningrad Oblast, Kutuzovo, which lay just across the border. In 1900 the town began being referred to as ''Naumiestis'' (''New Town''). In 1934 the town was renamed ''Kudirkos Naumiestis'' in honor of the Lithuanian patriot and composer of the Tautiška giesmė, Lithuanian national anthem, Vincas Kudirka, who lived there fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
