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Yosef Haim Brenner


Born
in Novi Mlini, Ukraine
September 11, 1881

Died
May 02, 1921


Also published as Joseph Hayyim Brenner, Joseph Chaim Brenner

Yosef Haim Brenner (Hebrew: י.ח. ברנר and יוסף חיים ברנר) was born to a poor Jewish family in Novi Mlini, Russian Empire. He studied at a yeshiva in Pochep, and published his first story, Pat Lechem ("A Loaf of Bread") in HaMelitz, a Hebrew language newspaper, in 1900, followed by a collection of short stories in 1901.

In 1902, Brenner was drafted into the Russian army. Two years later, when the Russo-Japanese War broke out, he deserted. He was initially captured, but escaped to London with the help of the General Jewish Labor Bund, which he had joined as a youth.

In 1905, he met the Yiddish writer Lamed Shapiro. Brenner lived in an apartment in Whitechapel, which doubled as an offi
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Average rating: 4.07 · 132 ratings · 26 reviews · 22 distinct works
Breakdown and Bereavement

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Out of the Depths & Other S...

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בחורף

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מכאן ומכאן

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it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 1911
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עצבים

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המוצא; עוולה

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בין מים למים

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ההספד לאורי ניסן גנסין

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הז'נר הארץ-ישראלי ואביזריהו

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מסביב לנקודה

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