David Shimoni

 ( 1891 Births ) 

David Shimoni (; 25 August 1891 – 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 David Shimoni bio Although he lived in Ottoman Palestine for a year in 1909, he did not Aliyah to British-administered Palestine until 1920. He was an early member of Al-Domi.

• In 1936 and 1949, Shimoni was awarded the Bialik Prize for Literature.
• In 1954, he was awarded the Israel Prize, for literature.
• 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.

• Bialik Prize
• List of Israel Prize recipients