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Israeli writer
Nathan Shaham נתן שחם
Shaham in Beit Alfa, Nov. 2000
Born (1925-01-29 ) January 29, 1925Died June 18, 2018(2018-06-18) (aged 93)
Beit Alfa , Israel Occupation Writer, novelist and playwright Nationality
Israeli Notable awards
Nathan Shaham (
Hebrew : נתן שחם; January 29, 1925
[1] – June 18, 2018) was an Israeli writer.
Biography
Born in
Tel Aviv , Shaham was a member of
Kibbutz
Beit Alfa from 1945-2018, and served with the
Palmach in the
1948 Arab-Israeli War .
[2] He was the son of
Eliezer Steinman , the
Hebrew author and essayist.
Shaham was editor-in-chief of Sifriat Poalim Publishing House. He was Israel's cultural attaché in the United States from 1977–80, and a former vice-chairman of the
Israel Broadcasting Authority .
He died in his home in Beit Alfa on June 18, 2018.
[3]
Awards
Shaham was the winner of several literary awards, including the
Bialik Prize (1988),
[4] the
National Jewish Book Award for Fiction for Rosendorf Quartet (1992),
[5] the Newman Prize (1993), the ADAI-WIZO Prize for The Rosendorf Quartet (Italy, 2005), and the
Prime Minister's Prize (2007).
[6]
In 2012, he won the
Israel Prize for Hebrew Literature and Poetry; the prize jury called Shaham one of the outstanding authors of Israel’s generation of founders and noted the “lively and rich” style of his plays, fiction and nonfiction works.
[7]
Works
Grain and Lead (novel), Sifriat Poalim, 1948 [Dagan Ve-Oferet]
[8]
The Gods Are Lazy (novel), Sifriat Poalim, 1949 [Ha-Elim Atzelim]
They'll Arrive Tomorrow (play), Sifriat Poalim, 1949 [Hem Yagyu Mahar]
Call Me Siomka (play), Sifriat Poalim, 1950 [Kra Li Siomka]
"Yohanan Bar Hama" (play), 1952
Always Us (novel), Sifriat Poalim, 1952 [Tamid Anahnu]
A Stone on the Well's Mouth (novel), Sifriat Poalim, 1956 [Even Al Pi Ha-Be'er]
"Meetings in Moscow" (non-fiction), 1957
Veterans' Housing (stories), Sifriat Poalim, 1958 [Shikun Vatikim]
The Wisdom of the Poor (novel), Sifriat Poalim, 1960 [Hochmat Ha-Misken]
Citrus Scent (novel), Sifriat Poalim, 1962 [Reyah Hadarim]
The Journey to the Land of Kush (travel), Massada, 1962 [Masah Le-Eretz Kush]
"That's Because" (children), Sifriat Poalim, 1964
The Book of Portraits , Sifriat Poalim, 1968 [Sefer ha-Diokanaot]
First Person Plural (novel), Sifriat Poalim, 1968 [Guf Rishon Rabim]
Round Trip (novel), Am Oved, 1972 [Haloch Ve-Shov]
Witness for the King (novel), Am Oved, 1975 [Ed Ha-Melech]
Talk to the Wind (novel), Sifriat Poalim, 1975 [Daber El Ha-Ruah]
The Other Side of the Wall (novellas), Am Oved, 1978 [Kirot Etz Dakim]
Green Autumn (stories), Sifriat Poalim, 1979 [Stav Yarok]
Bone to the Bone (novel), Am Oved, 1981 [Etzem El Atzmo]
Still Silent Voice (novel), Sifriat Poalim, 1983 [Demamah Dakah]
Mountain and Home (non-fiction), Sifriat Poalim, 1984 [Ha-Har Ve Ha-Bayit]
The Streets of Ashkelon (novellas), Am Oved, 1985 [Hutzot Ashkelon]
Four in One Bar , Hakibbutz Hameuchad, 1987 [Arba Be-Teivah Ahat]
The Rosendorf Quartet (novel), Am Oved, 1987 [Reviyat Rosendorf]. English translation Avalon Travel Publishing, 2000,
ISBN
978-0-8021-3316-8
Sealed Book , Sifriat Poalim, 1988 [Sefer Hatum]
They'll Arrive Tomorrow (play), Or-Am, 1989 [Hem Yagyu Mahar]
New Account (play), Or-Am, 1989 [Heshbon Hadash]
The Desert Generation (non-fiction), Sifriat Poalim, 1991 [Dor Ha-Midbar]
Series (novel), Am Oved, 1992 [Sidra]
Hot Dogs (stories), Sifriat Poalim, 1993 [Naknikiot Hamot]
The Heart of Tel Aviv (novel), Am Oved, 1996 [Lev Tel Aviv]
Expect a Letter (stories), Sifriat Poalim, 1999 [Michtav Ba-Derech]
Rosendorf's Shadow (novel), Am Oved, 2001 [Tzilo Shel Rosendorf]
Tabula Rasa [Zmora-Bitan, 2010] (
Hebrew : לוח חלק )
References
External links
See also
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