Haim Hazaz

Haim Hazaz חיים הזז
Born	16 September 1898 Ukraine, Russian Empire
Died	24 March 1973 (74 years) Israel
Occupation	writer
Language	Hebrew
Ethnicity	Jewish
Citizenship	Israeli
Notable award(s)	Bialik Prize (1942) Israel Prize (1953)

Haim Hazaz (Hebrew: חיים הזז) (born 16 September 1898; died 24 March 1973) was an Israeli novelist.

Life

Hazaz was born in a small village in Ukraine, Russian Empire in 1898.^[1] He lived in a number of major European cities, including Kiev, Kharkiv, Moscow, Constantinople, Paris and Berlin before emigrating to the then British Mandate of Palestine in 1931. settling in Jerusalem. He was married to the poet Yocheved Bat-Miriam, they lost their only son, Nahum, in the Israeli war of independence in 1948. From 1961 until his death in 1973, Hazaz lived in the Jerusalem neighbourhood of Talbiya.

Awards

• In 1942 (jointly with Shaul Tchernichovsky) and again in 1970, Hazaz was awarded the Bialik Prize for Literature.^[2]
• In 1953, he was awarded the Israel Prize for literature.,^[3] the inaugural year of the prize.

References

1. ^ http://www.ithl.org.il/author_info.asp?id=117
2. ^ "List of Bialik Prize recipients 1933–2004 (in Hebrew), Tel Aviv Municipality website". http://www.tel-aviv.gov.il/Hebrew/_MultimediaServer/Documents/12516738.pdf. 
3. ^ "Israel Prize recipients in 1953 (in Hebrew)". Israel Prize Official Site. Archived from the original on 24 January 2010 by WebCite. http://www.webcitation.org/5n1ADmz0X. 

See also

• List of Israel Prize recipients
• List of Bialik Prize recipients

Persondata
Name	Hazaz, Haim
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Date of birth	16 September 1898
Place of birth	Ukraine, Russian Empire
Date of death	24 March 1973
Place of death	Israel