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Naftali Herz Imber

1856 - 1909

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Naftali Herz Imber (Hebrew: נפתלי הרץ אימבר‎, Yiddish: נפתלי הערץ אימבער‎; December 27, 1856 – October 8, 1909) was a Jewish Hebrew-language poet, most notable for writing "Hatikvah", the poem that became the basis for the Israeli national anthem. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Naftali Herz Imber is the 1,919th most popular writer (down from 1,452nd in 2019), the 281st most popular biography from Ukraine (down from 203rd in 2019) and the 35th most popular Ukrainian Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Naftali Herz Imber ranks 1,919 out of 7,302. Before him are Paul Gerhardt, Bella Akhmadulina, John Barth, Zygmunt Krasiński, Petar Kočić, and A. S. Byatt. After him are Isaac Titsingh, Azar Nafisi, Adolph Freiherr Knigge, Christian Jacq, Arseny Tarkovsky, and Gitta Sereny.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1856, Naftali Herz Imber ranks 48. Before him are Sergei Winogradsky, J.-H. Rosny aîné, Matthias Zurbriggen, Christian Sinding, Maurycy Gottlieb, and Enrico Ferri. After him are Jakub Bart-Ćišinski, Ahad Ha'am, Hermann von François, Hendrik Petrus Berlage, Georg von der Marwitz, and Ahmed Raza Khan Barelvi. Among people deceased in 1909, Naftali Herz Imber ranks 31. Before him are Oliver Otis Howard, Simon Newcomb, Princess Marie of Orléans, Ludwig Gumplowicz, Algernon Charles Swinburne, and Renée Vivien. After him are Jakub Bart-Ćišinski, George Meredith, Afonso Pena, Caran d'Ache, Harry Seeley, and Abdul Karim.

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In Ukraine

Among people born in Ukraine, Naftali Herz Imber ranks 281 out of 1,365. Before him are Natan Sharansky (1948), Mirosław Hermaszewski (1941), Igor Svyatoslavich (1151), Stephen Timoshenko (1878), Joseph Kobzon (1937), and Jan Puzyna de Kosielsko (1842). After him are Viktor Bunyakovsky (1804), Arseny Tarkovsky (1907), Polina Zhemchuzhina (1897), Rinat Akhmetov (1966), Mikhail Artsybashev (1878), and Theophan Prokopovich (1681).

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Among WRITERS In Ukraine

Among writers born in Ukraine, Naftali Herz Imber ranks 35. Before him are Ivan Kotliarevsky (1769), Vladimir Korolenko (1853), Lina Kostenko (1930), Adam Zagajewski (1945), David Burliuk (1882), and Dobrodeia of Kiev (1101). After him are Arseny Tarkovsky (1907), Mikhail Artsybashev (1878), Ahad Ha'am (1856), Vasyl Stus (1938), Vsevolod Garshin (1855), and Tadeusz Borowski (1922).

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