Hersh David Nomberg

Hersh David Nomberg studied at University of Jena. The recorded working language is Polish, Hebrew and Yiddish. The field of work recorded is literary activity. Places of work recorded in the authority are Warsaw. Positions recorded include member of the Sejm of the Second Polish Republic.

• Name — Hersh Dovid Nomberg • Born — 14 April 1876 • Birthplace — Mszczonów, Poland • Died — 21 November 1927 • Place of death — Otwock, Poland • Other Names — Hersz Dawid Nomberg, Hirsch David Nomberg • Occupation — Writer, journalist, and essayist Hersh Dovid Nomberg, also

Born in the Polish town of Mszczonów, near Warsaw, he grew up in a Hasidic background, before moving to Warsaw to pursue a career as a writer. Under the influence of his mentor I. L. Peretz he began writing in Yiddish as well as Hebrew. He played an important role in the Czernowitz Conference in 1908. He helped Leib Malach start his writing career in 1915. Nomberg also had a brief career as a politician, serving as a delegate in the Sejm for the Folkspartei.

The following is a partial list of Nombergs's works. • Happiness (fairy tale, 1900) • "Fliglman" (short story, 1903) • Dos shpil in libe (The play at love; novella, 1907) • "Shvayg shvester!" (short story, 1907) • A kursistke (A female university student; novella, 1907) • Tsvishn berg (In the mountains; novella, 1908) • Di mishpokhe (The family; drama, 1914) • Toyzend un eyn nakht (translation of 1001 Arabian Nights)

• "In the Mountains", translated by Joachim Neugroschel, in No Star Too Beautiful. Norton: New York, 2002.. • "Friends", translated by Seymour Levitan, in Have I Got a Story for You. Norton: New York, 2016. • Warsaw Stories, translated by Daniel Kennedy. White Goat Press: Amherst, 2019.. • A Cheerful Soul and Other Stories, translated by Daniel Kennedy. Snuggly Books: Sacramento, 2021.. • Between Parents, translated by Ollie Elkus and Daniel Kennedy. Farlag Press: Tours, 2021.. • Illustration — Hersh Dovid Nomberg, Chaim Zhitlovsky, Sholem Asch, I L Peretz, Abraham Reisen during the Czernowitz-Conference 1908

The authorities additionally record the headings Hersh Dovid Nomberg and Hersh Daṿid Nomberg. His recorded languages were Polish, Hebrew and Yiddish.

Hersh David Nomberg worked in literary activity. Recorded position is member of the Sejm of the Second Polish Republic. He worked at Warsaw.