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Shaul Tchernichovsky
In 2005 Wikipedia's first sentence called it “poet of the hebrew language”. Today it says “russian-born hebrew poet”.
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Shaul Tchernichovsky ( August 20 1875 - October 14 1943 ), Hebrew שאול טשרניחובסקי, was a poet of the Hebrew language .1 He is considered one of the great Hebrew poets, identified with nature poetry, and as a poet greatly influenced by the culture of ancient Greece .
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In 2005 Wikipedia's first sentence called it “poet of the hebrew language”. Today it says “russian-born hebrew poet”. Read the current article and compare.
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poet of the hebrew language
Now
russian-born hebrew poet
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