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Avigdor Hameiri (Hebrew: אביגדור המאירי; September 16, 1890 - April 3, 1970) was an Israeli author. ==Biography== Hameiri was born as Avigdor Feuerstein in 1890, in the village of Odavidhaza (near Munkatsch), Carpathian Ruthenia in Austria Hungary. He emigrated to Mandate Palestine in 1921, where he became one of the original 16,000 freedom fighters in 1948. He published the State's first independent newspaper and helped to organize the worker's bank. His book, ''Hannah Senesh'' is an obligatory reading for all Israeli school children. Hameiri was the first poet to whom the title Israel's Poet Laureate was awarded. Hameiri fought in World War I in the Austro-Hungarian army and recorded the events in his memoirs, ''The Great Madness'' (1929)〔http://www.promised-book.com/?m=1&bid=370〕 and ''Hell on Earth'' (1932).〔(''The Limits of Loyalty''. Cole, Laurence, et al., 2007, p. 185. )〕 The latter recounts his experiences as a POW of the Russians. Hameiri marched through Buczacz while fighting, and asked a civilian where the house of the famous Hebrew writer Shmuel Yosef Agnon was located. His books have been published in 12 languages.〔http://www.ithl.org.il/author_info.asp?id=108〕 Alon Rachamimov writes that Hameiri's war stories "reveal the degree to which Jewish identification processes could be contextual, angst-ridden, and laden with contradictory tendencies. The extent to which Hameiri was aware of his struggles regarding notions of 'loyalty,' 'fatherland,' and 'patriotism'...illuminate the complexities of collective identification among Habsburg Jews."〔(''The Limits of Loyalty''. Cole, Laurence, et al., 2007, p. 181. )〕 Gershon Shaked argues that Hameiri's anti-war stance is rooted in his Judaism. He died in Israel on April 3, 1970. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Avigdor Hameiri」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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