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Shalom Yosef Shapira, known by the pen name Shin Shalom (19 December 1904 – 2 March 1990;
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: ש. שלום), was an Israeli poet, author and translator. His poetry is known for elements derived form Hasidic and
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. In 1973, Shalom was awarded the Israel Prize for poetry. He is also known for having translated all of Shakespeare's sonnets into Hebrew, a feat for which he was awarded the
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. He was also the recipient of the
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in 1941 and the
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in 1949. Shalom's brother was was the headmaster of the
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from 1955 to 1983.


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"Weight and form in the poetry of Shin Shalom"
(Hebrew), by (hosted on the ).
Catalogue of Sin Shalom published works
(Hebrew), featured on the website of the
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. {{Authority control 1904 births 1990 deaths Israeli male poets 20th-century Israeli poets