Background
Fichman was born in Bălți, Bessarabia, Moldova in 1881.
journalist children"s writer poet
Fichman was born in Bălți, Bessarabia, Moldova in 1881.
He initially emigrated to Ottoman Palestine in 1912, but returned temporarily to Europe and was stranded there until after World War I, not returning to the then Mandate Palestine, later Israel, until 1919. where he died in 1958. Fichman"s poetry followed a traditional lyric Romantic style. His other work included textbooks, articles in periodicals and introductions in literary anthologies.
His critical essays focused heavily on the lives of the authors rather than on focusing directly on their work, giving the reader a holistic view of the author and the work.