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Nathan Shaham
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Shaham in Beit Alfa, Nov. 2000
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| Born | January 29, 1925 |
| Died | June 18, 2018 (aged 93) Beit Alfa, Israel |
| Occupation | Writer, novelist and playwright |
| Nationality | Israeli |
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Nathan Shaham (in Hebrew: נתן שחם; born January 29, 1925 – died June 18, 2018) was a famous Israeli writer. He wrote many novels, plays, and other works.
About Nathan Shaham
Nathan Shaham was born in Tel Aviv, a big city in Israel. From 1945 until he passed away in 2018, he lived in a Kibbutz called Beit Alfa. A kibbutz is a special community in Israel where people live and work together. Nathan Shaham also served in the Palmach, which was the fighting force before Israel became a country, during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War. His father, Eliezer Steinman, was also a well-known Hebrew writer.
Nathan Shaham was the main editor for Sifriat Poalim Publishing House, a company that publishes books. He also worked for Israel in the United States from 1977 to 1980, helping to share Israeli culture. This job was called "cultural attaché." He was also a vice-chairman for the Israel Broadcasting Authority, which is like a big TV and radio company in Israel. He passed away at his home in Beit Alfa on June 18, 2018.
Awards and Recognition
Nathan Shaham won many important awards for his writing. Some of these include:
- The Bialik Prize in 1988.
- The National Jewish Book Award for his novel Rosendorf Quartet in 1992.
- The Newman Prize in 1993.
- The ADAI-WIZO Prize for The Rosendorf Quartet in Italy in 2005.
- The Prime Minister's Prize in 2007.
In 2012, he received the highest honor in Israel for writers: the Israel Prize for Hebrew Literature and Poetry. The judges who gave him the award said that Shaham was one of the most important writers from the generation that helped create Israel. They also praised his plays, novels, and non-fiction books for their "lively and rich" style.
Nathan Shaham's Books and Plays
Nathan Shaham wrote many different kinds of stories and plays. Here are some of his works:
- Grain and Lead (novel), 1948
- The Gods Are Lazy (novel), 1949
- They'll Arrive Tomorrow (play), 1949
- Call Me Siomka (play), 1950
- "Yohanan Bar Hama" (play), 1952
- Always Us (novel), 1952
- A Stone on the Well's Mouth (novel), 1956
- "Meetings in Moscow" (non-fiction), 1957
- Veterans' Housing (stories), 1958
- The Wisdom of the Poor (novel), 1960
- Citrus Scent (novel), 1962
- The Journey to the Land of Kush (travel book), 1962
- "That's Because" (children's book), 1964
- The Book of Portraits, 1968
- First Person Plural (novel), 1968
- Round Trip (novel), 1972
- Witness for the King (novel), 1975
- Talk to the Wind (novel), 1975
- The Other Side of the Wall (novellas), 1978
- Green Autumn (stories), 1979
- Bone to the Bone (novel), 1981
- Still Silent Voice (novel), 1983
- Mountain and Home (non-fiction), 1984
- The Streets of Ashkelon (novellas), 1985
- Four in One Bar, 1987
- The Rosendorf Quartet (novel), 1987. This book was also translated into English. ISBN: 978-0-8021-3316-8
- Sealed Book, 1988
- They'll Arrive Tomorrow (play), 1989
- New Account (play), 1989
- The Desert Generation (non-fiction), 1991
- Series (novel), 1992
- Hot Dogs (stories), 1993
- The Heart of Tel Aviv (novel), 1996
- Expect a Letter (stories), 1999
- Rosendorf's Shadow (novel), 2001
- Tabula Rasa (novel), 2010 (in Hebrew: לוח חלק)
See also
- List of Bialik Prize recipients
