Getzel Kressel | |
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Born | Zablotov, Galicia, Austria-Hungary | 12 June 1911
Died | 9 September 1986 Holon, Israel | (aged 75)
Language | Hebrew, Yiddish [1] |
Notable awards |
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Spouse | Izah Perlis |
Elyakim Getzel Kressel ( Hebrew: אליקים גצל קרסל; 12 June 1911 – 9 September 1986) was an Israeli bibliographer and writer.
Getzel Kressel was born in Zablotov, Galicia (now Zabolotiv, Ukraine) in 1911, and immigrated to the Mandatory Palestine in 1930. [2]
He served as editor of Davar and for the Am Oved publishing house between 1945 and 1951. He was also a founder and director of the Hebrew Writers Association's Genazim Biobibliographical Institute.
Kressel's most important publication was Leksikon ha-Sifrut ha-Ivrit ba-Dorot ha-Aḥaronim ('Lexicon of Hebrew Literature in Recent Times'), [2] published in two volumes in 1965 and 1967. [1]
Getzel Kressel | |
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Born | Zablotov, Galicia, Austria-Hungary | 12 June 1911
Died | 9 September 1986 Holon, Israel | (aged 75)
Language | Hebrew, Yiddish [1] |
Notable awards |
|
Spouse | Izah Perlis |
Elyakim Getzel Kressel ( Hebrew: אליקים גצל קרסל; 12 June 1911 – 9 September 1986) was an Israeli bibliographer and writer.
Getzel Kressel was born in Zablotov, Galicia (now Zabolotiv, Ukraine) in 1911, and immigrated to the Mandatory Palestine in 1930. [2]
He served as editor of Davar and for the Am Oved publishing house between 1945 and 1951. He was also a founder and director of the Hebrew Writers Association's Genazim Biobibliographical Institute.
Kressel's most important publication was Leksikon ha-Sifrut ha-Ivrit ba-Dorot ha-Aḥaronim ('Lexicon of Hebrew Literature in Recent Times'), [2] published in two volumes in 1965 and 1967. [1]