David Shimoni (
Hebrew
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: דוד שמעוני) (25 August 1891 – 10 December 1956) was an Israeli poet, writer and translator.
Shimonovitch (later David Shimoni) was born in
Babruysk
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in
Belarus
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(then part of the
Russian Empire
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) to Nissim Shimonovitch and Malka Fridland Although he lived in
Ottoman Palestine
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for a year in 1909, he did not
immigrate
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to
British-administered Palestine until 1920. He was an early member of
Al-Domi.
Awards and commemoration
* In 1936 and 1949, Shimoni was awarded the
Bialik Prize
The Bialik Prize is an annual literary award given by the municipality of Tel Aviv, Israel, for significant accomplishments in Hebrew literature. The prize is named in memory of Israel's national poet Hayyim Nahman Bialik
Hayim Nahman Biali ...
for Literature.
* In 1954, he was awarded the
Israel Prize
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History
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, for literature.
* He is also a recipient of the
Tchernichovsky Prize
Tchernichovsky Prize is an Israeli prize awarded to individuals for exemplary works of translation into Hebrew.
History
The Tchernichovsky Prize is awarded by the municipality of Tel Aviv-Yafo. for exemplary translation.
Shimoni Street in
Jerusalem
Jerusalem (; he, יְרוּשָׁלַיִם ; ar, القُدس ) (combining the Biblical and common usage Arabic names); grc, Ἱερουσαλήμ/Ἰεροσόλυμα, Hierousalḗm/Hierosóluma; hy, Երուսաղեմ, Erusałēm. i ...
is named after him, as is Shimoni Street in
Beersheva, Israel.
See also
*
List of Bialik Prize recipients
The Bialik Prize is an annual literary award given by the municipality of Tel Aviv, Israel, for significant accomplishments in Hebrew literature. The prize is named in memory of Israel's national poet Hayyim Nahman Bialik
Hayim Nahman Biali ...
*
List of Israel Prize recipients
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List
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References
1891 births
1956 deaths
Emigrants from the Russian Empire to the Ottoman Empire
Jews from the Russian Empire
Israel Prize in literature recipients
Israeli Jews
Israeli people of Belarusian-Jewish descent
Israeli poets
Israeli translators
Jews in Mandatory Palestine
People from Babruysk
20th-century translators
20th-century poets
Burials at Trumpeldor Cemetery
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