Chava Shapiro
Chava Shapiro | |
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Photograph of Chava Shapiro (c. 1904) | |
| Born | 26 December 1876 |
| Died | 28 February 1943 (aged 66) |
| Pen name | Em Kol Chai (אֵם כָּל חָי) |
| Occupation | Writer, critic, and journalist |
| Language | Hebrew, Yiddish, German |
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| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | University of Bern |
| Thesis | Lichtenberg als Philosoph (1911) |
| Doctoral advisor | Ludwig Stein |
Chava Shapiro (Hebrew: חַוָּה שַׁפִירָא, romanized: Ḥava Shapira, German: Ewa Schapiro; 26 December 1876 – 28 February 1943), known also by the pen name Em Kol Chai (Hebrew: אֵם כָּל חָי, lit. 'Mother of All Living'), was a Russian Jewish writer, critic, and journalist. A pioneer of Hebrew women's literature and feminist literary criticism, Shapiro was among the most prolific of the diasporic women writers of Hebrew in the early twentieth century.