Shin Shalom
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Shin Shalom (standing) with (centre) and Nahum Slouschz (right), photographed during a Hebrew writers' conference in 1948
Shalom Yosef Shapira, known by the pen name Shin Shalom (19 December 1904 – 2 Mrach 1990; Hebrew: ש. שלום), was an Israeli poet, author and translator. His poetry is known for elements derived form Hasidic and Kabbalah symbolism.
In 1973, Shalom was awarded the Israel Prize for poetry. He is also known for having translated all of Shakespeare's sonnets into Hebrew, a feat for which he was awarded the Tchernichovsky Prize. He was also the recipient of the Bialik Prize in 1941 and the Brenner Prize in 1949. Shalom's brother was who was the headmaster of the Hebrew Reali School from 1955 to 1983.
References[]
- "Weight and form in the poetry of Shin Shalom" (Hebrew), by (hosted on the ).
- Catalogue of Sin Shalom published works (Hebrew), featured on the website of the National Library of Israel.
Categories:
- Israeli male poets
- 20th-century Israeli poets