Bialik Prize
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Edition 12 (1944) Winner
Yehuda Karni
イェフダー・カルニ
Yehuda Karni
Pen Names:
Wolowski (née)（Birth name / née）
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- null （Pinsk, Imperial Russia (now Belarus)）
- Died
- null （Tel Aviv, (Mandatory Palestine / later Israel)） age 65
- Nationality
- Russian Empire (by birth), Palestine/Israel (after immigration)
- Languages
- Hebrew, Yiddish, Russian
- Religion
- Judaism
- Residence History
- Pinsk (birth) → Vilnius (active, ca. 1907–1908) → Odesa (short stay) → Haifa (early years after immigration) → Tel Aviv (later residence and work)
Career
- Occupations
- poet, journalist, editor, translator
- Active Years
- 1900-1949
- Affiliations
- Poale Zion, Haaretz (contributor/editor)
- Memberships
- Delegate for Poale Zion
- Influenced By
- Hayim Nahman Bialik
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1944 | Bialik Prize | Jerusalem (song cycle) | — | Tel Aviv Municipality | 受賞 |
Bialik Prize
1944
Work:
Jerusalem (song cycle)
Organization:
Tel Aviv Municipality
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Titles, Poems
1923 poetryA collection of early poems showing traditional Hebrew expression and feelings around migration and identity.
identitymigrationtradition
In the Gate of Your Birthplace (Piyyutim)
1935 piyyutim / poetryA collection incorporating traditional liturgical poetic forms, centered on homeland and faith.
homelandfaithheritage
Jerusalem (song cycle)
1944 song cycle / lyric poetryA cycle of poems contrasting Jerusalem's stony landscape with messianic Jewish vision. One of Karni's major works and recipient of the 1944 Bialik Prize.
Jerusalemlandscapemessianism
Song and Tear (compositions for literature)
1945 essays / literary compositionsA collection of poems, short political poems and essays blending depictions of the land and Zionist perspectives.
political poetryland depictionZionism
In a Small Stage: Prose and Poetry
1951 prose and poetry (posthumous)Posthumously published collection of short prose and poems, containing late-style pieces and fragments.
reminiscencefragmentseveryday life and poetry
Bibliography
- Titles, Poems (Berlin: Dvir, 1923)
- In the Gate of Your Birthplace (Piyyutim, Tel Aviv: Ahiezer, 1935)
- Jerusalem (song cycle, Merhavya: Sifriyat Poalim, 1944)
- Song and Tear (Compositions for Literature, 1945)
- In a Small Stage: Prose and Poetry (Dvir, 1951)
- Yalkut Shirim (collected, ed. Yitzhak Ogen, Yachdav, 1966)
- Poems (edited with intro by Dan Miron, Mosad Bialik, 1992)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- traditional and somewhat archaic Hebrew dictionpositioned within modern Hebrew poetry (Hebrew modernism)expressionist description, especially of landscapes
- Recurring Motifs
- Jerusalem (city and sacred place)stony landscapesmessianic / religious visionsJewish peoplehood and homeland
Legacy
Yehuda Karni made a distinctive contribution to modern Hebrew poetry, especially through his poems about Jerusalem. He received the Bialik Prize in 1944, and his name endures in street names and literary memory.
Academic Societies
- Hebrew literary study circles (specific institutional records limited)
In Popular Culture
- Streets named after him in Ramot Aviv Bet (Tel Aviv) and Ramot (Jerusalem)
Trivia
- Served as secretary of the Zionist Center in Vilnius around 1907–1908.
- Worked as a reporter and regular contributor for Haaretz from 1924 onward.
- Associated with the brief revival/use of the Hebrew cinema term 'Kolnoa' (sound-motion pictures) around 1930.