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Herz Bergner Herz Bergner i(A12575 works by)
Born: Established: 1907 Radimno,
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Poland,
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Eastern Europe, Europe, ; Died: Ceased: 1970
Gender: Male
Arrived in Australia: 1938
Heritage: Polish ; Jewish
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1 1 Between Sky and Sea Herz Bergner , 1988 extract novel (Zwishn Himl un Waser)
— Appears in: Pomegranates : A Century of Jewish Australian Writing 1988; (p. 120-126)
1 y separately published work icon Vu der Emes Shteyt Ayn : Dertseylungen Where the Truth Lies Herz Bergner , Melbourne : York Press , 1966 Z1046812 1966 selected work short story
1 4 y separately published work icon Light and Shadow Herz Bergner , Alec Braizblatt (translator), Melbourne : Georgian House , 1963 Z30609 1963 single work novel ' A narrative of three generations of an immigrant Jewish family in Australia and of their separate ways of adapting to the new land, and the tensions created by the individual and divergent compromises made in the confrontation between her-and-now realities and folk religion and tradition.' (The Bibliography of Australasian Judaica 1788-2008, p. 8)
1 The Actor Herz Bergner , Judah Waten (translator), 1957 single work short story
— Appears in: Southerly , vol. 18 no. 2 1957; (p. 94-101) Jewish Writing from Down Under : Australia and New Zealand 1984; (p. 63-70)
3 16 y separately published work icon Zwishn Himl un Waser Herz Bergner , 1946 single work novel

'A group of Jewish refugees are thrown together on board a dilapidated freighter charting a course for Australia. Fleeing terrible scenes of destruction in Europe, they are bound by a deep sense of loss and the uncertainty of their fate. As the ship lists, inner conflicts burst to the surface and romance, revenge, guilt and desperation fill the craft. There’s poignancy, drama and an abiding strength of humanity as the passengers’ lives play out in this unbearable hinterland between sky and sea.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.
1 The Boardinghouse Herz Bergner , Judah Waten (translator), 1945 single work short story
— Appears in: Southern Stories, Poems and Paintings 1945; (p. 68-76)
1 y separately published work icon Dos naye hoyz : noṿele Herz Bergner , Melbourne : Aroysgegebn miṭ der miṭhilf fun fraynd un der Yidisher Natsionaler Biblioṭeḳ 'Ḳadimah' , 1941 Z1694761 1941 selected work poetry
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