Dov Sadan ( he, דב סדן, 21 February 1902 – 14 October 1989) was an Israeli literary critic and politician who served as a member of the
Knesset
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for the
Alignment
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between 1965 and 1968.
Biography
Born Dov Berl Stock in
Brody
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in the
Galicia region of
Austria-Hungary
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(today in
Ukraine
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), Sadan received a traditional
Jew
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ish education. He joined
HeHalutz
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, and was one of its leaders during
World War I
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. In 1925 he became editor of ''Atid'', the organisation's journal.
After making
aliyah
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to
Mandatory Palestine
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in 1925, he initially worked as an agricultural laborer, before joining the staff of the daily newspaper ''
Davar
''Davar'' ( he, דבר, lit. ''Word'') was a Hebrew-language daily newspaper published in the British Mandate of Palestine and Israel between 1925 and May 1996.
It was relaunched in 2016, under the name ''Davar Rishon'' as an online outlet by th ...
'' in 1927.
Dan Miron
Dan Miron ( he, דן מירון, born 1934) is an Israeli-born American literary critic and author.
An expert on modern Hebrew and Yiddish literature, Miron is a Professor emeritus at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He is currently the Leonar ...
(2007).
Sadan (Stock), Dov
''Encyclopaedia Judaica''. 2nd ed. Macmillan Reference USA. Vol. 17, pp. 652–653 In 1928 he traveled to
Germany
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as an emissary for HeHalutz. Upon his return, he worked as a teacher in Lower Galilee and in Jerusalem.
In 1933 Sadan returned to work at ''Davar'';
he also edited the paper's literary supplement. After leaving ''Davar'' again in 1944 he became a member of the editorial board at the
Am Oved
Am Oved ("A Working People") is an Israeli publishing house.
History
Am Oved was founded in 1942 by Berl Katznelson, who was its first Editor in Chief. It was created as an organ of the Histadrut, Israel's federation of Labor, with a goal of publi ...
publishing house.
In 1952 he was appointed head of Yiddish Studies faculty at the
Hebrew University of Jerusalem
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem (HUJI; he, הַאוּנִיבֶרְסִיטָה הַעִבְרִית בִּירוּשָׁלַיִם) is a public research university based in Jerusalem, Israel. Co-founded by Albert Einstein and Dr. Chaim Weiz ...
, a post he held until 1970, and in 1963 became a professor. In
1965
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he was elected to the Knesset on the Alignment list, and became a member of the Education and Culture Committee. However, he resigned his seat in 1968, and was replaced by
David Golomb. Also in 1965 he began teaching Hebrew literature at
Tel Aviv University
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, where he worked until 1970. He was also a member of the
Academy of Sciences and Humanities.
He died in 1989 at the age of 87.
Awards and recognition
* In 1968, Sadan was awarded the
Israel Prize
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History
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, for Jewish studies.
* In 1980, he was awarded the
Bialik Prize
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for
Literature
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;
* He has also received a number of other prizes, including the
Brenner Prize
The Brenner Prize is an Israeli literary prize awarded annually by the Hebrew Writers Association in Israel and the Haft Family Foundation.
It was founded in the name of the author Yosef Haim Brenner
Yosef Haim Brenner ( he, יוֹסֵף חַ ...
.
See also
*
List of Bialik Prize recipients
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Hayim Nahman Biali ...
*
List of Israel Prize recipients
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List
For each year, the recipients are, in most instances, listed in the order in which they appear on the official Israel Prize ...
References
External links
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1902 births
1989 deaths
People from Brody
Ukrainian Jews
Israeli Ashkenazi Jews
Jews from Galicia (Eastern Europe)
Polish emigrants to Mandatory Palestine
Ashkenazi Jews in Mandatory Palestine
Israeli journalists
Hebrew University of Jerusalem faculty
Tel Aviv University faculty
Brenner Prize recipients
Israel Prize in Jewish studies recipients
Members of the Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities
Alignment (Israel) politicians
Members of the 6th Knesset (1965–1969)
20th-century journalists