Bialik Prize
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Edition 6 (1938) Winner
Ya'akov Cahan
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Ya'akov Cahan
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1881-06-26 （Slutsk, Minsk Governorate, Russian Empire (now Belarus)）
- Died
- 1960-11-20 （Tel Aviv, Israel） age 79
- Nationality
- Russian Empire (by birth), Israel
- Languages
- Hebrew
- Residence History
- Slutsk (now Belarus) → British Mandate of Palestine (immigrated 1934) → Tel Aviv, Israel (place of death)
Career
- Occupations
- poet, playwright, translator, writer, linguist
- Active Years
- 1900-1960
- Influenced By
- H. N. Bialik, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Heinrich Heine
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1938 | Bialik Prize | — | 文学 | Tel Aviv Municipality | 受賞 |
| 1953 | Israel Prize | For contributions to literature | 文学 | State of Israel | 受賞 |
| 1958 | Israel Prize | For contributions to literature | 文学 | State of Israel | 受賞 |
| 1956 | Tchernichovsky Prize | Translations from German of Goethe's Faust (Part I) and other Goethe works; selections of Heinrich Heine's poems | 翻訳 | Tchernichovsky Prize committee | 受賞 |
Bialik Prize
1938
Category:
文学
Organization:
Tel Aviv Municipality
Result:
受賞
Israel Prize
1953
Work:
For contributions to literature
Category:
文学
Organization:
State of Israel
Result:
受賞
Israel Prize
1958
Work:
For contributions to literature
Category:
文学
Organization:
State of Israel
Result:
受賞
Tchernichovsky Prize
1956
Work:
Translations from German of Goethe's Faust (Part I) and other Goethe works; selections of Heinrich Heine's poems
Category:
翻訳
Organization:
Tchernichovsky Prize committee
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Works
Translations by Author
- Goethe's Faust, Part I (translation)
- Goethe: Torquato Tasso and Iphigenia in Tauris (translations)
- Selected poems of Heinrich Heine (translations)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Lyric, clear style combining classical Hebrew tradition with modern sensibilitiesIn translations, emphasizes fidelity to source tone while adapting poetic rhythm into Hebrew
- Recurring Motifs
- Jewish identityExile and belongingLanguage and translationTension between tradition and modernity
Legacy
Ya'akov Cahan was an important 20th-century Hebrew poet and translator who enriched Hebrew literary vocabulary through translations of Goethe and Heine. He received national recognition, including the Bialik Prize and the Israel Prize (twice).
Academic Societies
- Hebrew Writers Association (related)
Archives
- Materials related to Ya'akov Cahan at the National Library of Israel
Trivia
- Born in Slutsk (now Belarus) in 1881.
- Immigrated to Palestine in 1934.
- Known for translations of Goethe and Heine; received the Tchernichovsky Prize in 1956.
- Received the Israel Prize in 1953 and 1958.