Zelda

Zelda Schneurson Mishkovsky (; June 20, 1914 – April 30, 1984), widely known as Zelda, was an Israeli poet. She received three awards for her published works.

Biography Zelda Schneerson (later Mishkovsky) was born in Chernigov, Chernigov Governorate, Russian Empire (now Chernihiv, Ukraine), the daughter of Sholom Schneerson and Rachel Hen. Her father was the great-great-grandson of the third Lubavitcher Rebbe, Menachem Mendel Schneersohn. The family settled in Jerusalem in 1926. a daughter of Rabbi Dovid Tzvi Chein of Chernigov and a descendant of the Sephardic dynasty of Hen-Gracian, which traces its roots to 11th century Barcelona.

Zelda attended a religious school for girls in British Palestine, and then studied at the Teachers' College of the Mizrachi movement. After graduating in 1932, she moved to Tel Aviv and then to Haifa, where she taught until her return to Jerusalem in 1935. In Jerusalem, she also worked as a schoolteacher.

Zelda's first cousin was Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, the seventh Chabad Rebbe.

Literary career Penai (Free Time), her first collection of poetry, was published in 1967. With its emotive and contemplative images drawn from the world of Jewish mysticism, Hasidism, and Russian fairy tales, this collection established her reputation in the literary world. ("").

In 2004, a collection of Zelda's poetry appeared in English translation: The Spectacular Difference: Selected Poems of Zelda, translated and edited by Marcia Falk (Hebrew Union College Press).

Awards and recognition 1971 – Brenner Prize 1974 – Prime Minister's Prize for Hebrew Literary Works 1978 – Bialik Prize for Literature 1982 – Wertheim Prize

Published works Ha-Carmel ha-Ee Nireh (The Invisible Carmel) (1971) Al Tirhak (Be Not Far) (1975) Halo Har Halo Esh (Surely a Mountain, Surely a Fire) (1977) Al ha-Shoni ha-Marhiv (On the Spectacular Difference) (1981) Shenivdelu Mikol Merhaq (That Became Separated from Every Distance) (1985) The Spectacular Difference: Selected Poems of Zelda, translated, with introduction and notes, by Marcia Falk (2004)