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Gabriel Preil
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Gabriel Preil Gabriel Preil (Hebrew: גבריאל פרייל; August 21, 1911 – June 5, 1993) was a modern Hebrew poet active in the United States , who wrote in Hebrew and Yiddish . He was the last of the Haskala poets.1 The critic Yael Feldman has done significant work on Preil, focusing on the Yiddish influences in his Hebrew poetry.2 Preil translated Robert Frost and Walt Whitman into Hebrew.
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estonian-born jewish poet who wrote in hebrew and yiddish
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modern hebrew poet active in the united states
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