Hersh Dovid Nomberg ( yi, הערש דוד נאָמבערג), also written Hersh David Nomberg (14 April 1876 – 21 November 1927), was a Polish-Jewish writer, journalist, and essayist in the

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Biography

Born in the Polish town of Mszczonów, near Warsaw, he grew up in a Hasidic background, before moving to

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to pursue a career as a writer. Under the influence of his mentor I. L. Peretz he began writing in Yiddish as well as Hebrew.Weiser, Kalman (8 September 2010).
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''. Retrieved 20 August 2017. He played an important role in the Czernowitz Conference in 1908. Nomberg also had a brief career as a politician, serving as a delegate in the

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for the

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Works

The following is a partial list of Nombergs's works. * ''Happiness'' (fairy tale, 1900) * "Fliglman" (short story, 1903) * ''Dos shpil in libe'' (The play at love; novella, 1907) * "Shvayg shvester!" (short story, 1907) * ''A kursistke'' (A female university student; novella, 1907) * ''Tsvishn berg'' (In the mountains; novella, 1908)

Translations into English

* "In the Mountains", translated by

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, in ''No Star Too Beautiful''. Norton: New York, 2002. . * "Friends", translated by Seymour Levitan, in ''Have I Got a Story for You''. Norton: New York, 2016. * ''Warsaw Stories'', translated by Daniel Kennedy. White Goat Press: Amherst, 2019. . * ''A Cheerful Soul and Other Stories'', translated by Daniel Kennedy. Snuggly Books: Sacramento, 2021. . * ''Between Parents'', translated by Ollie Elkus and Daniel Kennedy. Farlag Press: Tours, 2021. .

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External links

* Free song lyrics in Yiddish and sheet music by Hersh David Nomberg http://ulrich-greve.eu/free/others.html Polish essayists Male essayists 1876 births 1927 deaths 19th-century Polish Jews Folkspartei politicians Polish male non-fiction writers {{Poland-writer-stub