Getzel Kressel
Israeli literary historian and bibliographer
About Getzel Kressel
Lived 1911 – 1986 (aged 75). Getzel Kressel was an Israeli literary historian, bibliographer and historian.
Elyakim Getzel Kressel (; 12 June 1911 – 9 September 1986) was an Israeli bibliographer and writer.
Biography Getzel Kressel was born in Zablotov, Galicia (now Zabolotiv, Ukraine) in 1911, and immigrated to the Mandatory Palestine in 1930.
He served as editor of Davar and for the Am Oved publishing house between 1945 and 1951. He was also a founder and director of the Hebrew Writers Association's Genazim Biobibliographical Institute.
Kressel's most important publication was Leksikon ha-Sifrut ha-Ivrit ba-Dorot ha-Aḥaronim ('Lexicon of Hebrew Literature in Recent Times'), published in two volumes in 1965 and 1967.
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Who was Getzel Kressel?
Israeli literary historian and bibliographer (1911-1986)
When was Getzel Kressel born?
Getzel Kressel was born on 12 June 1911 in Zabolotivtsi.
When did Getzel Kressel die?
Getzel Kressel died on 4 September 1986 in Holon.
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Getzel Kressel was a literary historian, bibliographer and historian.
What nationality was Getzel Kressel?
Getzel Kressel was Israeli.
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