Rachel Bluwstein

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Rachel Bluwstein Sela (September 20 (Julian calendar), 1890 - April 16, 1931) was a Hebrew poet who immigrated to Palestine in 1909. She is known by her first name, Rachel, (Hebrew: ) or as Rachel the poetess (Hebrew: ). Rachel was born in Saratov in Russia in September 20, 1890, the eleventh daughter of Isser-Leib and Sophia Bluwstein, and granddaughter of the rabbi of the Jewish community in Kiev. During her childhood, her family moved to Poltava, Ukraine, where she attended a Russian-speaking Jewish school and, later, a secular high school. She began writing poetry at the age of 15. When she was 17, she moved to Kiev and began studying painting. At the age of 19, Rachel visited Eretz Israel with her sister en route to Italy, where they were planning to study art and philosophy.