Sapir Prize for Literature
1 appearances
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Edition 1 (2000) Winner
Haim Sabato
ハイム・サバト
Haim Sabato
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1952 （Cairo）
- Nationality
- Israeli
- Languages
- Hebrew
- Religion
- Judaism
- Residence History
- Cairo, Egypt → Kiryat HaYovel, Jerusalem → Ma'aleh Adumim
Career
- Occupations
- Rabbi, Author
- Active Years
- 1977-
- Affiliations
- Yeshivat Birkat Moshe (co-founder)
- Influenced By
- Rabbi Aryeh Bina
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Talmud Torah in Bayit Vegan | — | Talmud Torah | — | — | Israel |
| Netiv Meir yeshiva-high school | — | — | — | — | Israel |
| Yeshivat Hakotel Hesder program | — | — | — | — | Israel |
| Mercaz HaRav | — | — | ラビ位 | — | Israel |
Talmud Torah in Bayit Vegan
Talmud Torah
Country:
Israel
Childhood
Netiv Meir yeshiva-high school
Country:
Israel
Bayit Vegan
Yeshivat Hakotel Hesder program
Country:
Israel
Combined yeshiva studies with military service
Mercaz HaRav
Degree:
ラビ位
Country:
Israel
Received rabbinical ordination
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Sapir Prize | Adjusting Sights | — | Sapir Foundation | 受賞 |
| — | Yitzhak Sadeh Prize | Adjusting Sights | — | — | 受賞 |
Sapir Prize
2000
Work:
Adjusting Sights
Organization:
Sapir Foundation
Result:
受賞
Yitzhak Sadeh Prize
Work:
Adjusting Sights
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Yitzhak Sadeh Prize for Military Literature
1 appearances
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Edition 0 (2002) Winner
Works
Major Works
Aleppo Tales
Short storiesCollection of short stories relating to his family's ancestral home and community of Aleppo, Syria
AleppoSyrian Jews
Translations
- English: Aleppo Tales
Adjusting Sights
NovelA moving account of the experiences of a soldier in the Yom Kippur war
Yom Kippur WarMilitary service
Adaptations
- [Film]
Translations
- English: Adjusting Sights
Dawning of the Day: A Jerusalem Tale
NovelTells the story of Ezra Siman Tov, a religious Jerusalemite coming to terms with a changing world
JerusalemReligion
Translations
- English: The Dawning of the Day: A Jerusalem Tale
From the Four Winds
NovelDescribes his experiences as an 'oleh chadash' in the Israeli 'ma'abarot'
ImmigrationMa'abarot
Translations
- English: From the Four Winds
Be-Shafrir Chevyon
NovelReturns to childhood in Jerusalem, memories from Cairo, Yom Kippur War memories, search for God
ChildhoodGodWar
Translations of Works
- Works translated into English
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Lyrical writing with phrases from Bible and TalmudSymbol of pitfalls in literary translation
- Recurring Motifs
- Aleppo heritageYom Kippur WarJerusalem lifeImmigrationSearch for God
Legacy
Israeli rabbi and author, winner of the Sapir Prize for Literature, noted for his lyrical style
Trivia
- Of Aleppan-Syrian Jewish descent
- Yom Kippur War experiences inspired his writing
- Co-founder of Yeshivat Birkat Moshe