Auction 15 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
Jacob Fichman – Collection of Handwritten Letters
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About 260 letters written by the poet Jacob Fichman to his lover Mina Lifshitz, 1939-1954. Russian.
The letters highlight the poet and his beloved one love-life as well as his public and literary life. From 10 sample-letters that have been translated, we can see that the poet shared with his lover his literary work, the books he read and his relations with publishers. He mentions the Hebrew Language Committee, Authors' Society, Bialik Prize (which Fichman won twice), the newspapers "Davar" and "HaAretz", and more. Fichman also mentions his poems "Hana Szenes", "Aviv BaShomron" (in which, as he says, he expresses his feelings towards her) and "Homot Yehurhalyaim"; the novel "BeDrachim Avelot" by S.Z. Weinberg, "Raychaim Shvurim" by Hazaz, and points out that Schocken is interested in publishing all his poems in one volume. In addition, Fichman discloses some of his working processes and his feelings towards writing, when he writes "after I write poetry, I am writing excellent prose, as if the rhythm of poetry is beating in my veins". Fichman does not write his name on the envelopes, on the letters he signs his full name or only initials.
The archive contains as well about one hundred letters sent to Fichman mainly during the years 1956-1958 (the year of his death). Amongst them: 75th birthday greeting, congratulations for winning the Isrel Prize, ShanaTovah greetings, correspondence with publishers and editors of periodicals, readers letters, family letters, and more. To mention some of the writers: Gershon Shofman, Avraham Sharon (Shvadron), Yehoshua Bertonov, Rivka Gurfein, Leib Ulitzky, Aharon Zisling, and more.
Also in the archive – ten photographs of Fichman, during different periods, some handwritten drafts of his letters, probably from his last years, as well as lists and cards trying to map his writings.
Mina Lifshitz, the addressee of the letters, was born in 1902 in Krakow to a Zionist family. Her father, Nachman Lifshitz was active in the Zionist movement and was chairman of the "Tarbut" society in the city. Studied Physics and Mathematics at the Vienna University and was awarded a PhD degree. Mina Lifshitz moved to Eretz Israel in 1936 where she worked as a librarian and a Mathematics teacher.
Total of hundreds of items, sizes and conditions vary.
The letters highlight the poet and his beloved one love-life as well as his public and literary life. From 10 sample-letters that have been translated, we can see that the poet shared with his lover his literary work, the books he read and his relations with publishers. He mentions the Hebrew Language Committee, Authors' Society, Bialik Prize (which Fichman won twice), the newspapers "Davar" and "HaAretz", and more. Fichman also mentions his poems "Hana Szenes", "Aviv BaShomron" (in which, as he says, he expresses his feelings towards her) and "Homot Yehurhalyaim"; the novel "BeDrachim Avelot" by S.Z. Weinberg, "Raychaim Shvurim" by Hazaz, and points out that Schocken is interested in publishing all his poems in one volume. In addition, Fichman discloses some of his working processes and his feelings towards writing, when he writes "after I write poetry, I am writing excellent prose, as if the rhythm of poetry is beating in my veins". Fichman does not write his name on the envelopes, on the letters he signs his full name or only initials.
The archive contains as well about one hundred letters sent to Fichman mainly during the years 1956-1958 (the year of his death). Amongst them: 75th birthday greeting, congratulations for winning the Isrel Prize, ShanaTovah greetings, correspondence with publishers and editors of periodicals, readers letters, family letters, and more. To mention some of the writers: Gershon Shofman, Avraham Sharon (Shvadron), Yehoshua Bertonov, Rivka Gurfein, Leib Ulitzky, Aharon Zisling, and more.
Also in the archive – ten photographs of Fichman, during different periods, some handwritten drafts of his letters, probably from his last years, as well as lists and cards trying to map his writings.
Mina Lifshitz, the addressee of the letters, was born in 1902 in Krakow to a Zionist family. Her father, Nachman Lifshitz was active in the Zionist movement and was chairman of the "Tarbut" society in the city. Studied Physics and Mathematics at the Vienna University and was awarded a PhD degree. Mina Lifshitz moved to Eretz Israel in 1936 where she worked as a librarian and a Mathematics teacher.
Total of hundreds of items, sizes and conditions vary.
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