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Rahel [Bluwstein]
Rahel, Hebrew poet, 1890-1931
Born and educated in Russia, Rahel (Bluwstein)'s early poems were written
in her native language. She came to Eretz Yisrael in 1909 and was greatly
influenced by the early halutz (pioneer), A.D. Gordon. In 1913, she went
to France and then returned to Russia where she was a teacher, eventually
returning to Eretz Yisrael in 1919 to become a member of Degania, the
first kibbutz, where Gordon lived. She contracted consumption there, and
references to her impending death are found in her later poems.
Rahel generally wrote simple, sensitive lyrics filled with symbolism.
Her love of the countryside and nature is expressed in much of her work.
Many of her poems have been put to music.
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