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Rachel

From: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition | Date: 2008

Rachel pseud. of Rachel Bluwstein, 1890-1931, Russian poet who wrote in Hebrew. She moved to Palestine in 1909 where she worked as a laborer. Her verse is simple and relates to the experience of Jewish settlement in Palestine and to the countryside itself.

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