Ze'ev Smilanski
1873–1944 (age 71)
Biography
Ze'ev Smilanski, born 1873, found in Rehovot a home for his writing, crafting essays and stories that celebrated the Hebrew language and the rural life of the Yishuv.
He died in 1944, yet generations of readers still turn to his work for its sincerity, finding in it a bridge between laboring fields and the world of letters.