Meir Bosak ( he, מאיר בוסאק; May 21, 1912 – November 20, 1992) was a Polish-Israeli historian, writer and poet. Bosak was born in

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in 1912. As a youth, he studied in

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. From 1929, Bosak began publishing articles in Polish and in Hebrew on the history of Polish Jewry. He also wrote essays on Hebrew literature as well as stories and poems. During World War II, Bosak first lived in the

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and subsequently was sent to the Płaszów concentration camp. Bosak survived the war due to the efforts of

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. Following the war, Bosak emigrated to Israel settling in

Tel Aviv Tel Aviv-Yafo ( he, תֵּל־אָבִיב-יָפוֹ, translit=Tēl-ʾĀvīv-Yāfō ; ar, تَلّ أَبِيب – يَافَا, translit=Tall ʾAbīb-Yāfā, links=no), often referred to as just Tel Aviv, is the most populous city in the G ...

.Ḥanani, Y. ''She-Ḥazah mi-Besaro'' (1989).

Published works

Bosak's published works include: * ''Be-Nogah ha-Seneh'' (1933) * ''Ve-Attah Eini Ra'atekha'' (1957) * ''Ba-Rikkud ke-Neged ha-Levanah'' (1960) * ''Aḥar Esrim Shanah'' (1963) * ''Mul Ḥalal u-Demamah'' (1966) * ''Sulam ve-Rosho'' (1978) * ''Ẓamarot bi-Tefillah'' (1984) * ''Rak Demamah po Titpalal'' (1990) * ''Mul Sha'ar ha-Raḥamim'' (1995) * ''Shorashim ve-Ẓamarot'' (1990)

References

External links

Interview at the International Institute of Holocaust Studies

Bosak Family website
includes archival photos of Meir Bosak as well as manuscripts of poems written during the Holocaust {{DEFAULTSORT:Bosak, Meir 1912 births 1992 deaths 20th-century Israeli poets 20th-century Israeli male writers 20th-century Polish male writers 20th-century Polish poets Gross-Rosen concentration camp survivors Hebrew-language writers Israeli historians Israeli male poets Kraków Ghetto inmates Kraków-Płaszów concentration camp survivors Writers from Kraków Polish emigrants to Israel Israeli people of Polish-Jewish descent 20th-century Polish historians Polish male non-fiction writers Polish male poets Schindlerjuden