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Yitzhak Lamdan (; 7 November 1897 – 17 November 1954) was a Russian-born Israeli Hebrew-language poet, translator, editor and columnist.
Born into an affluent family, Lamdan lived in Mlynov (also spelled Mlinov) until the outbreak of World War I and the civil wars that followed. Lamdan wrote a diary in Hebrew while still in Mlynov describing his life and his burning desire to make aliyah to the Land of Israel.
"Yitzhak Lamdan Diaries, Hebrew"
"A Translation of Yitzhak Lamdan's diary with summary and commentary." Some details about Lamdan's early life also appear in the Mlynov-Mervits Memorial Book, such as his involvement in an early failed attempt with the few young Zionists in town to send Yaakov-Yosi to the Land of Israel. The Memorial book also includes a description of Lamdan's father, R. Yehuda Lubes. "Mlynov-Mervits Memorial Book", [translation
During World War I, he was uprooted and wandered through Southern Russia with his brother before joining the Red Army. In 1920, after his parents’ home was destroyed and his brother was killed, Lamdan aliyah to Mandatory Palestine as part of a socialist youth group in what has come to be known in Zionist history as the Third Aliyah.
In 1927, he published a Hebrew epic poem called "Masada: A Historical Epic" "Masada", partial English translation about the Jewish struggle for survival in a world full of enemies, in which Masada, as a symbol for the Land of Israel and the Zionist enterprise, was seen as a refuge, but also as a potential ultimate trap. The poem was hugely influential, creating the seed for what became the Masada myth, but the latter aspect was left out in its mainstream Zionist reception and interpretation. According to literary scholar and cultural historian David G. Roskies, Lamdan's poem even inspired the uprising in the Warsaw Ghetto. Jewish Virtual Library: Masada
From 1954 until 1983, the Ramat Gan Municipality, in conjunction with the Hebrew Writers Association in Israel, awarded the annual Lamdan Prize in his memory, for literary works for children and youth.
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