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Zrubavel Gilad

ズルバベル・ギラッド

Zrubavel Gilad

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1912-12-09 （Bender, Bessarabia (then Russian Empire)）
Died
1988-08-12 （Ein Harod, Israel） age 75
Nationality
Israel
Languages
Hebrew
Religion
Judaism
Residence History
Ein Harod (resident from 1924 until death)

Career

Occupations
poet, editor, translator, writer
Active Years
1929-1988
Affiliations
HaNoar HaOved VeHaLomed (youth movement), Palmach, HaKibbutz HaMeuhad (Kibbutz Movement) publishing house and magazine

Awards

Kugel Prize
1961
Organization: Municipality of Holon
Result: 受賞
Prime Minister's Prize for Hebrew Literary Works
1976
Organization: Government of Israel
Result: 受賞
Bialik Prize for Literature
1981
Organization: Tel Aviv Municipality (Bialik Prize committee)
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Youth (poetry)

1936 Poetry

Early collection of poems reflecting youth, communal life and emerging Zionist themes.

youthcollective/communitynature

The Palmach

1950 Poetry / Anthology (editor)

Collection concerning the Palmach; Gilad contributed poems and served as editor for related anthologies.

military and heroismcamaraderiehistory

The Gilboa Sights

1943 Poetry

Poems depicting the landscape and history of the Gilboa region.

landscapeplace and memory

Selected Poems (English)

1983 Poetry (translation)

An English selection of his poems presenting his work to an international audience.

naturecommunityremembrance
Translations
  • Selected Poems (English, 1983)

Maayan Gideon (autobiography)

1990 Autobiography

Autobiography recounting his upbringing, kibbutz life and Palmach activities. Published posthumously in 1990.

autobiographyhistorycommunity

Bibliography

  • Youth (poetry), Ba-Maale, 1936
  • Springs (poetry), Davar, 1939
  • The Gilboa Sights (poetry), Hakibbutz Hameuchad, 1943
  • The Magic Spike (poetry), Hakibbutz Hameuchad, 1949
  • The Palmach, Hakibbutz Hameuchad, 1950
  • Tunes in the Storm (poetry), Hakibbutz Hameuchad, 1946
  • The Beehive and the Lady Queen (children), Am Oved, 1946
  • Secret Shield, The Jewish Agency, 1948
  • A Legacy of Heroism, Kiriat Sefer, 1948
  • The Green River (poetry), Hakibbutz Hameuchad, 1955
  • The Small Rabbit (children), Hakibbutz Hameuchad, 1957
  • A Drop of Dew (children), Hakibbutz Hameuchad, 1958
  • Shining Dust (poetry), Hakibbutz Hameuchad, 1960
  • The Upper Sea (poetry), Hakibbutz Hameuchad, 1966
  • Returning Light (poetry), Hakibbutz Hameuchad, 1970
  • Green Tunes (poetry), Hakibbutz Hameuchad, 1972
  • In the Valley of Shiloh (poetry), Hakibbutz Hameuchad, 1974
  • Coals of Juniper (poetry), Hakibbutz Hameuchad, 1980
  • The Well (poetry), Hakibbutz Hameuchad, 1983
  • The Mountain Light (poetry), Hakibbutz Hameuchad, 1986
  • The Shade of the Fig Tree (poetry), Hakibbutz Hameuchad, 1988
  • Selected Poems (English), Hakibbutz Hameuchad, 1983
  • Maayan Gideon (autobiography), 1990 (posthumous)

Translations of Works

  • Individual poems have been published in Danish, French, German, Hungarian, Russian, Serbo-Croatian and Spanish

Style & Themes

Literary Style
lyricalconcise expression rooted in modern Hebrew poetic traditiondirect gaze toward community and land
Recurring Motifs
kibbutz and communal lifelandscape and place (e.g., Gilboa)heroism and Palmach experiencenature and seasons

Legacy

Zrubavel Gilad was an important Hebrew poet, known as a Palmach poet. Through his perspectives on kibbutz life, community and land he influenced Israeli literature and received multiple literary awards.

Trivia

  • Wrote the Palmah Anthem in 1941.
  • Later married literary scholar and translator Dorothea Krook-Gilead; many of his poems were translated into English.
  • Raised and resident in Ein Harod from 1924, he lived there for most of his life.
  • Some of his poems have been translated into several languages.