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Ahad Ha'am

1856 - 1927

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Asher Zvi Hirsch Ginsberg (18 August 1856 – 2 January 1927), primarily known by his Hebrew name and pen name Ahad Ha'am (Hebrew: אַחַד הָעָם, lit. 'one of the people', Genesis 26:10), was a Hebrew journalist and essayist, and one of the foremost pre-state Zionist thinkers. He is known as the founder of cultural Zionism. With his vision of a Jewish "spiritual center" in Eretz Israel, his views regarding the purpose of a Jewish state contrasted with those of prominent figures within the Zionist movement such as Theodor Herzl, the founder of political Zionism. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ahad Ha'am is the 1,997th most popular writer (down from 1,985th in 2019), the 290th most popular biography from Ukraine (up from 294th in 2019) and the 38th most popular Ukrainian Writer.

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Among writers, Ahad Ha'am ranks 1,997 out of 7,302. Before him are Jean-Dominique Bauby, Uhwudong, Juan Donoso Cortés, Frances Harper, Walter Tevis, and Paul Morand. After him are Péter Esterházy, Mirza Shafi Vazeh, Elizabeth of the Trinity, Vasyl Stus, Langston Hughes, and Ángel de Saavedra, 3rd Duke of Rivas.

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Among people born in 1856, Ahad Ha'am ranks 50. Before him are Matthias Zurbriggen, Christian Sinding, Maurycy Gottlieb, Enrico Ferri, Naftali Herz Imber, and Jakub Bart-Ćišinski. After him are Hermann von François, Hendrik Petrus Berlage, Georg von der Marwitz, Ahmed Raza Khan Barelvi, Ignacy Hryniewiecki, and Karl Lamprecht. Among people deceased in 1927, Ahad Ha'am ranks 48. Before him are Jovan Cvijić, Fritz Hofmann, Victorine Meurent, Robert Fuchs, Jonas Basanavičius, and Mikhail Artsybashev. After him are Dawid Janowski, Elsa von Freytag-Loringhoven, Stanisław Przybyszewski, William, Prince of Hohenzollern, Hermann Abert, and Louise Abbéma.

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In Ukraine

Among people born in Ukraine, Ahad Ha'am ranks 290 out of 1,365. Before him are Polina Zhemchuzhina (1897), Rinat Akhmetov (1966), Mikhail Artsybashev (1878), Theophan Prokopovich (1681), Sergey Kamenev (1881), and Sidney Reilly (1873). After him are Vasyl Stus (1938), Franz Doppler (1821), Volodymyr Holubnychy (1936), Igor Oistrakh (1931), David Riazanov (1870), and Cassandre (1901).

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Among WRITERS In Ukraine

Among writers born in Ukraine, Ahad Ha'am ranks 38. Before him are Adam Zagajewski (1945), David Burliuk (1882), Dobrodeia of Kiev (1101), Naftali Herz Imber (1856), Arseny Tarkovsky (1907), and Mikhail Artsybashev (1878). After him are Vasyl Stus (1938), Vsevolod Garshin (1855), Tadeusz Borowski (1922), Zbigniew Herbert (1924), Mykhailo Kotsiubynsky (1864), and Sholem Schwarzbard (1886).

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