Ruth Baum (26 December 1922 – 22 February 2022)[1] was a Jewish Polish-Israeli writer and journalist.
Ruth Baum | |
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 Ruth Baum | |
| Native name | רות באום |
| Born | December 26, 1922 Warsaw, Poland |
| Died | February 22, 2022 (aged 99) Haifa, Israel |
| Occupation | Writer and Journalist |
| Language | Polish |
| Alma mater | University of Wrocław |
Biography
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She was born on 26 December 1922, in Warsaw, Poland, to the Becker family.
In 1937, she started publishing stories in the children's newspaper "Mały Przegląd", a supplement of Nasz Przeglad edited by Janusz Korczak [2]
During the Second World War she escaped to the USSR, where she worked in the mines as well as a translator in a German prison camp near Orsk. In addition, she started to publish short stories, translated to Russian, about her school experiences.[2]
After the war she returned to Wrocław, where she studied literature and Polish philosophy at the University of Wrocław. She was a collaborator of the Polish Radio in Wrocław and the Fołks Sztyme weekly.[3]
Baum felt conflicted staying in Poland after the war and decided to emigrate to Israel in 1957.[2] She had trouble adapting to Hebrew and continued to write and work in the Polish language.[2][4] She was a member of the Association of Polish Authors in Israel,[3] and published stories and books in the Polish language.[5]
During her time in Israel she wrote in the Polish newspaper Nowiny-Kurier, which was published in Israel, as well as the Contori magazine. Her stories were also published in Hebrew newspapers and she wrote four books.
Baum died on February 22, 2022, in Haifa, Israel. A typewriter is depicted on her gravestone, to show the invention that had the most impact on her life.[1]
Books
editBooks written by Baum (in Polish):
- "Unromantic Life: Stories" (Życie nieromantyczne : opowiadania) (1974)
- "The Thirteenth month: A Novel" (Trzynasty miesiąc roku : powieść) (1977)
- "The Heir's and other stories" (Syn dziedzica i inne opowiadania) (1999)
- "The Garden on the volcano" Ogród na wulkanie (2007)[5]
Her stories also appear in "Portraits in Literature: The Jews of Poland, An Anthology"[6]
References
edit- ^ a b Naveh, Lili (March 23, 2022). "Story: Unexpected Expectencies, Israel, 22/02/2022". Lil's travel Diaries.
- ^ a b c d "Ruth Baum". POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews. 2018. Retrieved August 22, 2022.
- ^ a b Lesław Marian Bartelski (1995). Polscy pisarze współcześni, 1939-1991: Leksykon. Warszawa: Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN. ISBN 83-01-11593-9.
- ^ "The Polish book that was printed in Israel". Maariv. August 8, 1975. Retrieved August 22, 2022.(In Hebrew)
- ^ a b Baum, Ruth (2007). Ogród na wulkanie (in Polish). Norbertinum. ISBN 978-83-7222-293-0.
- ^ Hava Ben-Zvi, Vallentine Mitchell, ed. (2011). Portraits in Literature: The Jews of Poland, An Anthology. European Jewish Publications Society.
External links
edit- Ruth Baum Oral history on the POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews
- Ruth Baum Oral history interview, YouTube, 2018 (in Polish)