The Yitzhak Sadeh Prize for Military Literature is an annual award

literary award A literary award or literary prize is an award presented in recognition of a particularly lauded literary piece or body of work. It is normally presented to an author. Organizations Most literary awards come with a corresponding award ceremony. Ma ...

given in Israel for the finest book on a military topic. It is named in honor of

Yitzhak Sadeh Yitzhak Sadeh ( he, יצחק שדה, born Izaak Landoberg, August 10, 1890 – August 20, 1952), was the commander of the Palmach and one of the founders of the Israel Defense Forces at the time of the establishment of the State of Israel. ...

Winners

* 1976, ''The Emissary: The Life of Enzo Seren'' by

Ruth Bondy Ruth Bondy (19 June 1923 – 14 November 2017) was a Czech-Israeli journalist and translator. Bondy was a Holocaust survivor who wrote for the Israeli newspaper Davar and translated books written in Czech to Hebrew. She was awarded the Sokolov A ...

* 1980, ''In the Days of Destruction and Revolt'' by

Zivia Lubetkin Zivia Lubetkin ( pl, Cywia Lubetkin, , he, צביה לובטקין, nom de guerre: Celina; 9 November 1914 – 11 July 1978) was one of the leaders of the Jewish underground in Nazi-occupied Warsaw and the only woman on the High Command of the ...

Published by the

Ghetto Fighters' House The Ghetto Fighters' House ( he, בית לוחמי הגטאות, ''Beit Lohamei Ha-Getaot''), full name, Itzhak Katzenelson Holocaust and Jewish Resistance Heritage Museum, Documentation and Study Center, was founded in 1949 by members of Kibbut ...

, 1979/80; English edition: 1981 * 1984, ''To an Independent Jewish Army: The United Kibbutz in the Haganah 1939–1949'' by Uri Brenner * 1991, ''Platoon Commander's Pin'' by Yigal Shefi * 1993, ''The Resistance Boats: Illegal Immigration 1945–1948'' by Nahum Bogner * 1995, ''First Signs of Armor'' by Amiad Brezner * 1998, ''Points of Strength: Settlement Policy in Order to Achieve Political and Security Goals Before the State and in Its Beginning'' by Osnat Shiran * 2002, ''Adjusting Sights'' by Haim Sabato * 2006, ''Beaufort'', by

Ron Leshem Ron Leshem ( he, רון לשם; born December 20, 1976), is an Israeli-American television writer and producer, best known for serving as executive producer on HBO's '' Euphoria'', and for the film '' Beaufort'', which was nominated for the Acade ...

* 2018, ''War Lives'', by

Nitza Ben-Dov Nitza Ben-Dov ( he, ניצה בן-דב, née Fruchtman, born 10 March 1950) is Professor of Hebrew and Comparative literature, Comparative Literature at the University of Haifa. Winner of the 2021 Israel Prize Biography Nitza Ben-Dov was ...

References

{{Literature in Israel Military literary awards Hebrew literary awards Israeli literary awards Awards established in 1972