Ira Yan
Also recorded as Jan, Ira · Ân, Ira · Yaʾn, ʾIyrah · Sleypyaʾn, ʾEster Ywselebiyṣ'
Ira Yan

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- Born
- 1869. · Chișinău.
- Died
- 1919. · Tel Aviv.
- Nationality
- Russian Empire.
- Occupation
- painter, translator and writer.
- Fields
- painting, translation and literature.
- Languages
- Hebrew and Russian.
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The recorded working language is Hebrew and Russian. The field of work recorded is painting, translation and literature.
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These works are cited by the source article, in its own numbering. They are recorded as its citations, not as sources VALÉORINE has verified.
- 1.Prince-Gibson, Eetta. From the Rooftops of Zion. The Jerusalem Post. 13 April 2006.
- 2.Livneh, Neri. אירה יאן בזכות עצמה. HaAretz. 10 November 2003.
- 3.Lyukimson (Люкимсон), Peter (Петр). Две музы Бялика (Two muses of Bialik). 2 February 2016.
- 4.Scroll of Fire (מגילת האש). Ben Yehuda Project.
- 5.The Dead of the Desert (מתי מדבר).
- 6.Bachi Kolodny, Ruth. Ira Jan. Jewish Women's Archive – The Encyclopedia of Jewish Women.
Bibliography printed in the source article · 6
- Rachel Yanait Ben Zvi, Ira Jan; Tel Aviv: Neuman publishers, 1965 (art album)
- Nurit Govrin, "A Woman Alone: The Painter Ira Jan as an Israeli Storyteller", in "Honey from the Rock: Studies of Eretz Israel Literature", The Ministry of Defence Press, 1989, pp. 354–407.
- Ziva Shamir, "To Your Secret Path: The Trail of the Ira Jan Affair in Bialik's Works" (edited by Haim Cohen), Tel Aviv, Hakibbutz Hameuchad, 2000
- Eda Zoritte, "Life's Love: the Tragic Love of Painter Ira Jan to Haim Nahman Bialik", Jerusalem, Keter, 2000 (a novel)
- Ruth Baki Kolodny, "Take Me Under Your Wing: A Journey in the Tracks of Ira Jan" (Letters translated from Russian by Peter Kriksonov, Viktor Radutsky and Aharon Ormian), Tel Aviv, Hakibbutz Hameuchad, 2003 (a biography)
- Shlomo Shva, "O thou seer, go: Haim Nahman Bialik's Life Story", Dvir, 1990 (a biography)
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