Avraham Shlonsky
Avraham Shlonsky | |
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Shlonsky in 1952 | |
| Native name | אברהם שלונסקי |
| Born | March 6, 1900 Kryukovo, Poltava Governorate, Russian Empire (now Ukraine) |
| Died | May 18, 1973 (aged 73) Tel Aviv, Israel |
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| Citizenship | Israel (from 1948) |
| Literary movement | Established the Yakhdav group (Hebrew symbolism) |
| Spouse | Lucia Laykin Mira Horvitz |
Avraham Shlonsky (Hebrew: אברהם שלונסקי; Russian: Авраам Шлёнский, romanized: Avraam Shlyonsky; March 6, 1900 – May 18, 1973) was a Russian-born Israeli poet and editor.
He was influential in the development of modern Hebrew and its literature in Israel through his many acclaimed translations of literary classics, particularly from Russian, as well as his own original Hebrew children's classics. Known for his humor, Shlonsky earned the nickname "Lashonsky" from the wisecrackers of his generation (lashon means "tongue", i.e., "language") for his unusually clever and astute innovations in the newly evolving Hebrew language.