Nathan Shaham (Hebrew: נתן שחם; January 29, 1925
Biography
Born in
Tel Aviv, Shaham was a member of
Kibbutz Beit Alfa from 1945-2018, and served with the
Palmach in the 1948 Arab-Israeli War.
He was the son of
Eliezer Steinman, the
Hebrew language author and essayist.
Shaham was editor-in-chief of Sifriat Poalim Publishing House. He was Israel's cultural attaché in the United States from 1977–80, and a former vice-chairman of the Israel Broadcasting Authority.
He died in his home in Beit Alfa on June 18, 2018.
Awards
Shaham was the winner of several literary awards, including the
Bialik Prize (1988),
the National Jewish Book Award for Fiction for
Rosendorf Quartet (1992),
the Newman Prize (1993), the ADAI-WIZO Prize for
The Rosendorf Quartet (Italy, 2005), and the Prime Minister's Prize (2007).
[Institute for the Translation of Hebrew Literature, Nathan Shaham (retrieved 27 November 2017).]
In 2012, he won the Israel Prize for Hebrew Literature and Poetry; the prize jury called Shaham one of the outstanding authors of Israel’s generation of founders and noted the “lively and rich” style of his plays, fiction and nonfiction works.
Works
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Grain and Lead (novel), Sifriat Poalim, 1948 Dagan
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The Gods Are Lazy (novel), Sifriat Poalim, 1949 Ha-Elim
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They'll Arrive Tomorrow (play), Sifriat Poalim, 1949 Hem
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Call Me Siomka (play), Sifriat Poalim, 1950 Kra
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"Yohanan Bar Hama" (play), 1952
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Always Us (novel), Sifriat Poalim, 1952 Tamid
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A Stone on the Well's Mouth (novel), Sifriat Poalim, 1956 Even
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"Meetings in Moscow" (non-fiction), 1957
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Veterans' Housing (stories), Sifriat Poalim, 1958 Shikun
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The Wisdom of the Poor (novel), Sifriat Poalim, 1960 Hochmat
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Citrus Scent (novel), Sifriat Poalim, 1962 Reyah
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The Journey to the Land of Kush (travel), Massada, 1962 Masah
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"That's Because" (children), Sifriat Poalim, 1964
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The Book of Portraits, Sifriat Poalim, 1968 Sefer
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First Person Plural (novel), Sifriat Poalim, 1968 Guf
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Round Trip (novel), Am Oved, 1972 Haloch
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Witness for the King (novel), Am Oved, 1975 Ed
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Talk to the Wind (novel), Sifriat Poalim, 1975 Daber
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The Other Side of the Wall (novellas), Am Oved, 1978 Kirot
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Green Autumn (stories), Sifriat Poalim, 1979 Stav
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Bone to the Bone (novel), Am Oved, 1981 Etzem
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Still Silent Voice (novel), Sifriat Poalim, 1983 Demamah
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Mountain and Home (non-fiction), Sifriat Poalim, 1984 Ha-Har
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The Streets of Ashkelon (novellas), Am Oved, 1985 Hutzot
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Four in One Bar, Hakibbutz Hameuchad, 1987 Arba
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The Rosendorf Quartet (novel), Am Oved, 1987 Reviyat. English translation Avalon Travel Publishing, 2000,
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Sealed Book, Sifriat Poalim, 1988 Sefer
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They'll Arrive Tomorrow (play), Or-Am, 1989 Hem
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New Account (play), Or-Am, 1989 Heshbon
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The Desert Generation (non-fiction), Sifriat Poalim, 1991 Dor
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Series (novel), Am Oved, 1992 Sidra
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Hot Dogs (stories), Sifriat Poalim, 1993 Naknikiot
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The Heart of Tel Aviv (novel), Am Oved, 1996 Lev
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Expect a Letter (stories), Sifriat Poalim, 1999 Michtav
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Rosendorf's Shadow (novel), Am Oved, 2001 Tzilo
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Tabula Rasa Zmora-Bitan, ()
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