Bialik Prize
1 appearances
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Edition 14 (1946) Winner
Gershon Shofman
ゲルション・ショフマン
Gershon Shofman
Aliases:
גרשון שופמן / Gershon Shoffman
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1880-01-01 （Orsha, Mogilev Governorate, Russian Empire）
- Died
- 1972-01-01 （Israel） age 92
- Nationality
- Israel
- Languages
- Hebrew
- Religion
- Judaism
- Residence History
- Orsha (birthplace) → Warsaw (early career) → Lviv / Lemberg (Lvov) (activity) → Vienna (long residence) → Wetzelsdorf (near Graz, 1921–1938) → Palestine / Israel (after 1938)
Career
- Occupations
- Writer, Editor
- Active Years
- 1900-1972
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1946 | Bialik Prize (Literature) | — | — | Tel Aviv Municipality (Bialik Prize) | 受賞 |
| 1956 | Israel Prize (Literature) | — | — | State of Israel | 受賞 |
Bialik Prize (Literature)
1946
Organization:
Tel Aviv Municipality (Bialik Prize)
Result:
受賞
Israel Prize (Literature)
1956
Organization:
State of Israel
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Concise, character-focused short story styleModern Hebrew realist prose
- Recurring Motifs
- Jewish daily life and traditionMigration and ethnic/religious identityUrban scenes, notably Lviv/Lvov
Legacy
Shofman is regarded as a master of the Hebrew short story, recipient of the Bialik Prize (1946) and the Israel Prize (1956). Streets in Beersheba and Haifa bear his name; he influenced the development of modern Hebrew short fiction.
Archives
- Internet Archive (works and related materials)
In Popular Culture
- Street named after him in Beersheba
- Street named after him in Haifa
Trivia
- Born in Orsha, present-day Belarus.
- Witnessed a pogrom in Gomel while serving in the Russian army in 1903.
- Deserted the Russian army in 1904 and fled to Lemberg (Lviv).
- Wife Anna and their children converted from Catholicism to Judaism in 1928.
- Was stateless during a 34-year stay in Austria.
- Received the Bialik Prize (1946) and the Israel Prize (1956).
- Wrote many short stories set in Lvov and is regarded as a master of the short story.