Jacob Fichman

{{Short description|Israeli poet (1881–1958)}} {{refimprove|date=May 2025}} {{Infobox writer | name = Jacob Fichman | image = Bialikfichman.jpg | image_size = 180px | caption = Fichman (left) with Hayim Nahman Bialik | birth_date = 25 November 1881 | birth_place = Bălți, Bessarabia, Moldova | death_date = 18 May 1958 | death_place = Tel Aviv, Israel | occupation = Poet, essayist, literary critic | language = Hebrew | nationality = Israeli | notableworks = ''Peat Sadeh'' ("A Corner of a Field") | awards = Bialik Prize (1945, 1953), Israel Prize (1957) | native_name = יעקב פיכמן | native_name_lang = he }} thumb|Jacob Fichman receiving the Ussishkin Prize, 1947 [[File:PikiWiki Israel 20412 Kinneret Moshava.JPG|thumb|right|180px|Tridel house in the Moshava Kinneret inspired Fichman to write his song 'Agada']] [[File:Grave of Jacob & Bat Sheva Fichman in Trumpeldor cemetery.JPG|thumb|right|180px|Grave of Jacob & Bat Sheva Fichman in Trumpeldor Cemetery]] thumb|right|180px|Memorial plaque to Jacob Fichman '''Jacob Fichman''' ({{langx|he|יעקב פיכמן}}; 25{{nbsp}}November 1881{{snd}}18{{nbsp}}May 1958), also transliterated as '''Yakov Fichman''', was an acclaimed Hebrew poet, essayist and literary critic.

==Biography== Fichman was born in Bălți, Bessarabia, Moldova in 1881. He initially emigrated to Ottoman Palestine in 1912, but returned temporarily to Europe and was stranded there until after World War I, not returning to the then Mandate Palestine, later Israel, until 1919. where he died in 1958.

Fichman's poetry followed a traditional lyric Romantic style. His poetic background is reflected in his works of prose, which were sometimes seen as being nearly works of poetry in themselves. His other work included textbooks, articles in periodicals and introductions in literary anthologies. His critical essays focused heavily on the lives of the authors rather than on focusing directly on their work, giving the reader a holistic view of the author and the work.

== Awards == * In 1945, Fichman received the Bialik Prize for his book of poetry ''Peat Sadeh'' ("A Corner of a Field"),<ref name=bialik>{{Cite web|title=List of Bialik Prize recipients 1933-2004, Tel Aviv Municipality website (in Hebrew) |url=http://www.tel-aviv.gov.il/Hebrew/_MultimediaServer/Documents/12516738.pdf |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071217143811/http://www.tel-aviv.gov.il/Hebrew/_MultimediaServer/Documents/12516738.pdf |archivedate=December 17, 2007 }}</ref> published in 1943. * In 1953, Fichman again received the Bialik Prize, this time in respect of several of his works.<ref name= bialik/> * In 1957, Fichman was awarded the Israel Prize, for literature.<ref name=prize>{{Cite web|title=Israel Prize Official Site - Recipients in 1957 (in Hebrew) |url=http://cms.education.gov.il/EducationCMS/Units/PrasIsrael/Tashyag/Tashkab_Tashyag_Rikuz.htm?DictionaryKey=Tashyaz |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110901214251/http://cms.education.gov.il/EducationCMS/Units/PrasIsrael/Tashyag/Tashkab_Tashyag_Rikuz.htm?DictionaryKey=Tashyaz |archivedate=2011-09-01 }}</ref>

== References == {{reflist}}

==Further reading== *''The Modern Hebrew Poem Itself'' (2003), {{ISBN|0-8143-2485-1}} *''History of Jewish Literature 1930'' (1941), {{ISBN|0-7661-4372-4}}

==External links== * {{Internet Archive author |sname=Jacob Fichman}}

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