Peretz Smolenskin

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Peretz Smolenskin was a 19th-century Hebrew novelist, editor, and thinker who became one of the leading literary and ideological voices of the Jewish Enlightenment movement.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Haskalah figure
Hebrew novelist
Jewish thinker
editor
person
advocated preservation of Jewish national identity
revival of the Hebrew language
birthCountry Russian Empire
birthPlace Monastyrshchina
birthRegion Mogilev Governorate
birthYear 1842
centuryOfActivity 19th century
criticized Reform Judaism
deathCountry Austro-Hungarian Empire
surface form: Austria-Hungary
deathPlace Merano
deathYear 1885
editorOf Ha-Shahar
ethnicGroup Jews
surface form: Jewish people
familyName Smolenskin
founded Ha-Shahar
gender male
givenName Peretz
ideology Hebrew cultural revival
Jewish nationalism
influenced early Zionist thought
modern Hebrew literature
knownFor editing the Hebrew periodical Ha-Shahar
leading ideological voice of the Jewish Enlightenment
languageOfWorkOrName Hebrew
movement Haskalah
Haskalah
surface form: Jewish Enlightenment
notableWork Ha-Gemul
Ha-Toe‘eh be-darkhei ha-ḥayyim
Ha-Yerushah
Kevurat ḥamor
Simḥat ḥanef
occupation editor
journalist
novelist
publisher
opposed Jewish assimilation
placeOfActivity Vienna
publicationEndYearOfHaShahar 1884
publicationStartYearOfHaShahar 1868
religion Judaism
wroteGenre essays
novels
political articles

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