David Shimoni

David Shimoni

David Shimoni (Hebrew: דוד שמעוני) (born 25 August 1891; died 10 December 1956) was an Israeli poet, writer and translator.

David Shimonovitch (later David Shimoni) was born in Babruysk in Belarus (then part of the Russian Empire) to Nissim Shimonovitch and Malka Fridland^[1] Although he lived in Ottoman Palestine for a year in 1909, he did not immigrate to British-administered Palestine until 1920.

Awards and commemoration

Shimoni Street, Jerusalem

• In 1936 and 1949, Shimoni was awarded the Bialik Prize for Literature.^[2]
• In 1954, he was awarded the Israel Prize, for literature.^[3]
• He is also a recipient of the Tchernichovsky Prize for exemplary translation.

Shimoni Street in Jerusalem is named after him.

See also

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

References

1. ^ David Shimoni bio
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 1954 (in Hebrew)". Israel Prize Official Site. Archived from the original on 11 February 2010 by WebCite. http://cms.education.gov.il/EducationCMS/Units/PrasIsrael/Tashyag/Tashkab_Tashyag_Rikuz.htm?DictionaryKey=Tashyad. 

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