David Shimoni
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David Shimoni | |
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דוד שמעוני | |
| File:ירושלים - דוד שמעוני-JNF014364.jpeg David Shimoni in 1935 | |
| Born | Shimonovitch 22 August 1886 |
| Died | 10 December 1956 (aged 65) |
| Occupations | Poet, writer, translator |
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David Shimoni (Hebrew: דוד שמעוני; 22 August 1886 – 10 December 1956) was an Israeli poet, writer and translator.
Shimonovitch (later David Shimoni) was born in Babruysk in Belarus (then part of the Russian Empire) to Nissim Shimonovitch and Malka Fridland[1] Although he lived in Ottoman Palestine for a year in 1909, he did not immigrate to British-administered Palestine until 1920. He was an early member of Al-Domi.
Awards and commemoration
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- In 1936 and 1949, Shimoni was awarded the Bialik Prize for Literature.[2]
- In 1954, he was awarded the Israel Prize, for literature.[3]
- He is also a recipient of the Tchernichovsky Prize for exemplary translation.
Shimoni Street in Jerusalem is named after him, as is Shimoni Street in Beersheva, Israel.
See also
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- People from Babruysk
- 20th-century Israeli male writers
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