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Abraham Regelson

Abraham Regelson was a Hebrew poet, author, children's author, translator and editor, known for the children's book "The Dolls' Journey to Eretz Israel."

1896 to 1981The Dolls' Journey to Eretz IsraelHebrew poetryTranslating English literature into Hebrew

Died: 28 August 1981
Occupation: linguist, poet, writer, journalist

Abraham Regelson was born in 1896 in Hlusk

Abraham Regelson was born in Hlusk in the Russian Empire in 1896. His parents were Yehuda Zeev Regelson and Rashel Ozick, and he was the maternal uncle of Cynthia Ozick. At age 9 he moved with his family to the United States.

He studied at a cheder in New York and in public schools. He did not complete formal studies and taught himself, spending long hours in libraries.

He worked as a librarian and Hebrew teacher and published poems, stories and translations. In 1933 he moved to Eretz Israel, joined the newspaper Davar and helped found its children's supplement, where his book on the dolls' journey appeared in 1934. After an infant son died and malaria threatened his children, he returned to the United States, where he wrote for the Yiddish press.

In 1949 he returned to Israel, worked as an editor at Am Oved and wrote a regular column for Al HaMishmar. He translated many works of English literature into Hebrew. He won the Brenner Prize, the Bialik Prize and the Newman Prize, and died in Neveh Monossohn in 1981.