Nathan Agmon (, born Nathan Bistritzky;
Russian Empire 1896 –
Tel Aviv, 1980) was an Israeli writer and translator born in the
Russian Empire.
Agmon came to
Palestine
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in 1920, and was a member of the senior staff of the
Jewish National Fund
Jewish National Fund ( he, קֶרֶן קַיֶּימֶת לְיִשְׂרָאֵל, ''Keren Kayemet LeYisrael'', previously , ''Ha Fund HaLeumi'') was founded in 1901 to buy and develop land in Ottoman Syria (later Mandatory Palestine, and subseq ...
from 1922 till retirement in 1952.
Journeyman in Jerusalem: Memories and Letters, 1933-1947, Raphael Patai
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He was best known for his dramatic works, including a libretto for Alexander Tansman
Alexander Tansman ( pl, Aleksander Tansman, link=no, French: Alexandre Tansman; 12 June 1897 – 15 November 1986) was a Polish composer, pianist and conductor who became a naturalized French citizen in 1938. One of the earliest representatives of ...
on the false messiah Shabtai Tzvi, and a work on Judas Iscariot, as well as for being the first to translate the complete '' Don Quixote'' into Hebrew, in 1958.
Published works
*''Days and Nights'' (Yamim ve-lelot) 1926
See also
*Hebrew literature
Hebrew literature consists of ancient, medieval, and modern writings in the Hebrew language. It is one of the primary forms of Jewish literature, though there have been cases of literature written in Hebrew by non-Jews. Hebrew literature was pro ...
References
1896 births
1980 deaths
Soviet emigrants to Mandatory Palestine
People from Kiev Governorate
Spanish–Hebrew translators
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