HERE. DECEMBER 4 & 5 MICHAEL CASEY in person and trunk show, from 10 to 4 Couture Salon DECEMBER 9 KAY UNGER in person and trunk show, from 10 to 4 Galleria Collections DECEMBER 11 & 12 HEIDI WEISEL trunk show Couture Salon Jewry's Role in Human Affairs A LITERARY LEGACY Not until the 19th Century did secular literature earnestly enter the Jewish mainstream in Europe and America. A chorus of voices was then heard, those of Jewish writers and poets within whose ranks were nine winners of Nobel Prizes for Literature: German author Paul Heyse (1910); poet Nelly Sachs and novelist Shmuel Agnon (jointly in 1966); Isaac Bashevis Singer (1978); playwright/novelist Elias Canetti (1981); and Joseph Brodsky (1987), also America's fifth Poet Laureate in 1991. And others: HENRI BERGSON (1859-1941) b. Paris, France Phil-osopher The "mystical" attributes he delegated to mind and matter have permeated much of modern philosophy and influenced literature. His writings stressed the impor- tance of the elan vital (vital impulse), opposed to a static, purely scientific view of nature and evolutionary change. Bergson reasoned that individuals may perceive matter through intellect but sense the life force and re- ality of time through intuition. One of the most original thinkers of the 20th Century, the College de France professor was elected to the French Academy in 1914 and received the Nobel Prize for Literature three years later. BORIS PASTERNAK (1890-1960) b. Moscow, Russia Poet/Novelist After studying the law, music and philosophy, Pasternak took up the pen and published several outstanding volumes of imaginative, lyrical poetry (1917, 1922) that established his literary reputation. Although he earlier supported the Soviet revolution, his disenchantment with Stalinism came to be mirrored in political poetry and short stories. Denounced and barred from publication, Pasternak turn- ed to translation and criticism until writing his masterpiece, Dr. Zhivago (first published in Italy in 1957), an epic novel of the tragic upheavals of 20th Century Russia. Acclaimed worldwide, it led to his selection as winner of the 1958 Nobel Prize for Literature which his government forced him to decline acknowledging. SAUL BELLOW (1915-) b. Lachine, Canada Novelist The dean of con- temporary U.S. novelists established his reputation in 1953 with The Adventures ofAugie March--followed by vivid and original works often concerning the moral dilemmas of people adrift in an apathetic society. He was credited with inventing "the first major new style of American prose fiction since Hemingway and Faulkner." A short story writer and playwright as well, Bellow re- ceived three National Book Awards and a Pulitzer Prize for Humbolt's Gift (1975), followed by a Nobel Prize for Literature one year later. He also authored Seize the Day (1956), Herzog (1964), Mr. Sammler's Planet (1970), followed by The Actual in 1997. - Saul Stadtmauer THE SOMERSET COLLECTION 248.643.3300 FOR SPECIAL HOLIDAY HOURS CALL STORE OR 1.800.NEIMANS. REWARD YOURSELF FOR SHOPPING. CALL 1.888.INCIRCLE FOR PROGRAM DETAILS. SHOP WWW.NEIMANMARCUS.COM The collected works of Maxim Gorky (a non-Jew), issued in the Soviet Union in 1956, had all complimentary references to his Jewish countrymen deleted by the publisher. Among them was the writer's report of a remark by V.I. Lenin: "There are few intelligent people among us. We are, generally speaking, a gifted people, but intellectually lazy. An intelligent Russian is almost always a Jew or a man with Jewish blood." COMMISSION FOR THE DISSEMINATION OF JEWISH HISTORY Walter & Lea Field, FoundersSponsors Irwin S. Field, Chairperson Harriet F. Siden, Chairperson Visit many more notable Jews at our website: www.dorledor.org PAINTING INNOVATIONS RESIDENTIAL HOME PAINTING -INTER_1011 -EXTEItIOR. -DECK SEALING PROFESSIONAL VORK USING MATERIALS THE HIGHEST QUALITY 12/1 2000 52 14 ORCHARD LAKE ROAD YEARS EXPERIENCE 248-366-8682 VEST BLOOMFIELD