Uri Zvi Greenberg (also spelled Uri Zvi Grinberg). Israeli poet, journalist and politician who wrote in Yiddish and Hebrew.
Widely regarded among the greatest poets in the country's history, he was awarded the Israel Prize in 1957 and the Bialik Prize in 1947, 1954 and 1977, all for his contributions to fine literature. Greenberg is considered the most significant representative of modernist Expressionism in Hebrew and Yiddish literature.
He was born in Galicia (modern-day Ukraine) and moved to Mandatory Palestine in 1924. He joined the Revisionist camp in 1930 and after 1948 joined Menachem Begin's Herut movement. Greenberg was elected to the first Knesset, but lost his seat in the two years later.After the Six-Day War, he joined the Movement for Greater Israel, which advocated Israeli sovereignty over Judea and Samaria. Scholar Dan Tamir considers Greenberg's ideology among the most prominent historical examples of "Hebrew fascism."
- "His red hair is aflame. His green eyes spit fire. His thin body sways like a storm-tossed tree." https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2979/pft.2009.29.1.31
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| Portrait by Reuven Rubin |
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| Portrait by Siona Tagger |
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