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Hanoch Bartov ( he, חנוך ברטוב, 13 August 1926 – 13 December 2016) was an Israeli author and journalist.
Biography
Hanoch Helfgott (Bartov) was born in
Petah Tikva
Petah Tikva ( he, פֶּתַח תִּקְוָה, , ), also known as ''Em HaMoshavot'' (), is a city in the Central District (Israel), Central District of Israel, east of Tel Aviv. It was founded in 1878, mainly by Haredi Judaism, Haredi Jews of ...
in 1926, a year after his parents immigrated from Poland.
[http://www.olinfilms.com/brigade/resources/bios/bartov.html The hidden story of the Jewish Brigade in World War II] He attended a religious school and then the
Ahad Haam
Asher Zvi Hirsch Ginsberg (18 August 1856 – 2 January 1927), primarily known by his Hebrew name and pen name Ahad Ha'am ( he, אחד העם, lit. 'one of the people', Genesis 26:10), was a Hebrew essayist, and one of the foremost pre-state Zi ...
gymnasium.
After working in diamond polishing and welding for two years, he enlisted in 1943, at the age of 17, in the
Palestine Regiment
The Palestine Regiment was an infantry regiment of the British Army that was formed in 1942. During the Second World War, the regiment was deployed to Egypt and Cyrenaica, but most of their work consisted of guard duty. Some Palestine Regiment mem ...
of the
British Army
The British Army is the principal land warfare force of the United Kingdom, a part of the British Armed Forces along with the Royal Navy and the Royal Air Force. , the British Army comprises 79,380 regular full-time personnel, 4,090 Gurk ...
. He spent three years in the
Jewish Brigade
The Jewish Infantry Brigade Group, more commonly known as the Jewish Brigade Group or Jewish Brigade, was a military formation of the British Army in the Second World War. It was formed in late 1944 and was recruited among Yishuv Jews from Manda ...
, first in Palestine and then in Italy and the Netherlands, where he served as a medic, caring for
Holocaust survivors
Holocaust survivors are people who survived the Holocaust, defined as the persecution and attempted annihilation of the Jews by Nazi Germany and Axis powers, its allies before and during World War II in Europe and North Africa. There is no unive ...
in
DP camps
DP may refer to:
In arts and entertainment Film, television, and theatre
* '' Danny Phantom'', an animated television series
* David Production, a Japanese animation studio
* Director of photography, a job in filmmaking
* Digital Playground, an ...
.
After
World War II
World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposin ...
, Bartov studied Jewish and general history 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 ...
. During the
War of Independence
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List
See also
* Lists of active separatist movements
* List of civil wars
* List of o ...
he served in field army units and the
Israel Defense Forces
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF; he, צְבָא הַהֲגָנָה לְיִשְׂרָאֵל , ), alternatively referred to by the Hebrew-language acronym (), is the national military of the Israel, State of Israel. It consists of three servic ...
in
Jerusalem
Jerusalem (; he, יְרוּשָׁלַיִם ; ar, القُدس ) (combining the Biblical and common usage Arabic names); grc, Ἱερουσαλήμ/Ἰεροσόλυμα, Hierousalḗm/Hierosóluma; hy, Երուսաղեմ, Erusałēm. i ...
. He lived for four years on
Kibbutz
A kibbutz ( he, קִבּוּץ / , lit. "gathering, clustering"; plural: kibbutzim / ) is an intentional community in Israel that was traditionally based on agriculture. The first kibbutz, established in 1909, was Degania. Today, farming h ...
Ein Hahoresh
Ein HaHoresh (, ''lit.'' "the plower's spring" / "the plowman's fountain") is a kibbutz in central Israel. Located to the north of Netanya, it falls under the jurisdiction of Hefer Valley Regional Council. In it had a population of .
History
It ...
, working as a farmhand and a teacher.
[Hanoch Bartov, 83, wins Israel Prize]
/ref> From 1966 to 1968, Bartov served as a cultural advisor in the Israeli embassy in London.
Literary career
Bartov published his first story in 1945, when he was a 19-year-old soldier in Europe.[ In his writing, as a journalist and novelist, Bartov describes his first contacts with survivors of the Holocaust. ''The Brigade'' is a fictionalized account of the operation of the Jewish Brigade.][
]
Awards
Among the various prizes received by Bartov for his work are the following:
* In 1985, 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 2006, the Agnon Prize People with the name of Hagnon or Agnon (in Greek: Ἅγνων) include:
*Hagnon of Peparethus, ancient Greek athlete, victor in the stadion race of the 53rd Olympiad (568 BC)
*Hagnon, son of Nikias, 5th century BC, Athenian general and statesman
* ...
;
* In 2010, 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 literature.
Books published in English
* ''The Brigade'' (1967), translation of ''Pitzei Bagrut'' (1965)
* ''Everyone Had Six Wings'' (1974), translation of ''Shesh Kenafaim Le-Echad'' (1954)
* ''An Israeli at the Court of St. James'' (1971), translation of ''Arba Yisraelim Be-Hatzer Saint James'' (1969)
* ''Whose Little Boy Are You?'' (1978), translation of ''Shel Mi Ata Yeled'' (1970)
* ''Dado, 48 years 20 days'' (1981), translation of '' Dado, 48 Shanim Ve-Od 20 Yom'' (1978). ''Note: An updated and expanded edition of this book was published in Hebrew in 2002 but has not yet been translated to English.''
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 ...
References
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1926 births
2016 deaths
Jews in Mandatory Palestine
Israeli Jews
Israeli people of Polish-Jewish descent
Hebrew University of Jerusalem alumni
People from Petah Tikva
Israel Prize in literature recipients
Israeli novelists
Israeli journalists
Mandatory Palestine military personnel of World War II
International Writing Program alumni
Jewish Brigade personnel
Recipients of Prime Minister's Prize for Hebrew Literary Works