Creator Bio
Asher Barash
1889–1952
The Hebrew writer Asher Barash was born in Lopatin, Galicia, and received both a secular and a religious education. He began writing at an early age and published poetry, stories, and plays in Hebrew, Yiddish, German, and Polish. In 1914, he moved to Ottoman Palestine, where he taught Hebrew language and literature, first in Tel Aviv and then, after World War I, in Haifa. While much of his fiction drew on memories of his childhood in Galicia, his later writing portrayed the struggles of the pioneering generation in the Land of Israel. Although best known for his short stories, he also wrote essays on literature and culture and children’s literature.
Entries in the Posen Library by This Creator
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At Heaven’s Gate
When “Papa” Gonta bore down on Tetayev at the head of his Cossack army in the summer of 1768, the little town had a strange look about it: the houses large and small stood desolate, their shutters…
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Parting Words
We know that a writer has no power except in the pen. Nevertheless there are times when it behooves us to alter the ordinary manner of expression. There are times when the author, too, must depart…