Rachel (poet)

Rachel Bluwstein
Rachel Bluwstein
Born	20 September 1890 (1890-09-20) Saratov, Russian Empire
Died	16 April 1931 (1931-04-17) (aged 40) Tel Aviv, Mandatory Palestine
Occupation	Poet

Rachel Bluwstein Sela (September 20 (Julian calendar), 1890 – April 16, 1931) was a Hebrew-language poet who immigrated to Palestine, then part of the Ottoman Empire, in 1909. She is known by her first name, Rachel (Hebrew: רחל‎, [ʁaˈχel]), or as Rachel the Poetess (רחל המשוררת‎, [ʁaˈχel] [hameʃoˈʁeʁet]).