Martin Buber

1878 - 1965

Country of citizenship: Weimar Republic, Israel, Austria, Germany, Cisleithania

Languages spoken, written or signed: Hebrew, German, Polish, Yiddish

Educated at: University of Vienna, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, University of Zurich, Leipzig University

Occupation: philosopher, existentialist, translator, pedagogue, writer, literary editor, university teacher, Bible translator, educator, zionist, theologian, librettist

Award received: Israel Prize, Bialik Prize, Erasmus Prize, Peace Prize of the German Publishers' and Booksellers' Association, Goethe Plaque of the City of Frankfurt, honorary doctor of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, honorary doctor of the University of Münster, Honorary doctor of the Heidelberg University, honorary citizen of Jerusalem, doctor honoris causa from the University of Paris

Influenced by: Salomon Buber, Immanuel Kant, Søren Kierkegaard, Friedrich Nietzsche, Baal Shem Tov, Otto Weininger

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Martin Buber (pronounced [ˈmaʁtiːn̩ ˈbuːbɐ] ; Hebrew: מרטין בובר, Yiddish: מארטין בובער; 8 February 1878 – 13 June 1965) was an Austrian-Israeli philosopher best known for his philosophy of dialogue, a form of existentialism centered on the distinction between the I–Thou relationship and the I–It relationship. Born in Vienna, Buber came from a family of observant Jews, but broke with Jewish custom to pursue secular studies in philosophy. He produced writings about Zionism and worked with various bodies within the Zionist movement extensively over a nearly 50-year period spanning his time in Europe and the Near East. In 1923, Buber wrote his famous essay on existence, Ich und Du (later translated into English as I and Thou), and in 1925 he began translating the Hebrew Bible into the German language. He was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature ten times, and the Nobel Peace Prize seven times. Source: Wikipedia (en)