Eliezer Smoli (1901–1985) was an Israeli writer known for his children's books.
Biography
Eliezer Smoli was born in the
Volhynia
Volhynia (also spelled Volynia) ( ; uk, Воли́нь, Volyn' pl, Wołyń, russian: Волы́нь, Volýnʹ, ), is a historic region in Central and Eastern Europe, between south-eastern Poland, south-western Belarus, and western Ukraine. Th ...
region of western
Ukraine
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(then in the
Russian Empire
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). He began writing at the age of ten,
After
immigrating to
British-ruled Palestine in 1920, he founded a labor movement school for workers' children in
Nesher.
The Nation and the Child: Nation building in Hebrew children’s literature, Yael Darr
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From 1936 to 1942, Smoli studied natural sciences at Berlin University.[
]
Awards and recognition
* In 1957, Smoli was awarded the Israel Prize
The Israel Prize ( he, פרס ישראל; ''pras israél'') is an award bestowed by the State of Israel, and regarded as the state's highest cultural honor.
History
The Israel Prize is awarded annually, on Israeli Independence Day, in a state cer ...
for Children's literature
Children's literature or juvenile literature includes stories, books, magazines, and poems that are created for children. Modern children's literature is classified in two different ways: genre or the intended age of the reader.
Children's ...
.
References
See also
*List of Israel Prize recipients
This is a complete list of recipients of the Israel Prize from the inception of the Prize in 1953 through to 2022.
List
For each year, the recipients are, in most instances, listed in the order in which they appear on the official Israel Prize ...
Israel Prize in children's literature recipients
Humboldt University of Berlin alumni
Soviet emigrants to Mandatory Palestine
Jews from the Russian Empire
Jews from Mandatory Palestine
20th-century Israeli Jews
Israeli children's writers
1901 births
1985 deaths
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