Gershon Shaked

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Name Gershon Shaked		Role Critic

Died December 28, 2006, Jerusalem, Israel Education Herzliya Hebrew Gymnasium, Hebrew University of Jerusalem Books Modern Hebrew Fiction, The new tradition, Shmuel Yosef Agnon: A, The shadows within, Die Macht der Identität

Gershon Shaked (Hebrew: גרשון שקד‎‎) (1929–2006) was an Israeli scholar and critic of Hebrew literature.

Biography

Born Gerhard Mandel in Vienna, Austria, he immigrated to Mandate Palestine alone in 1939, and was later followed by his parents. He attended Gymnasia Herzliya in Tel Aviv. He hebraicized his surname to "Shaked"(almond). He was married to Malka, and had two daughters.

Academic career

In 1950, Shaked studied at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, where he earned a doctorate in Hebrew literature in 1964 and later chaired the Department of Hebrew Literature. In addition to his many publications in Hebrew, he also wrote more than thirty books of criticism in other languages.

Awards

1987: Bialik Prize for Jewish thought.

1993: Israel Prize for Hebrew literature.

2004: Bahat Award for Non-Fiction.

Literary criticism

The New Tradition: Essays on Modern Hebrew Literature. Hebrew Union College Press/ Wayne State University Press, 2006

Modern Hebrew Fiction. Indiana University Press, 2000.

Shmuel Yosef Agnon: A Revolutionary Traditionalist. New York University Press, 1989.

The Shadows Within: Essays on the Modern Jewish Writers. Jewish Publication Society, 1987.

Edited anthologies

8 Great Hebrew Short Novels. Toby Press, 2005

Six Israeli Novellas, David R. Godine, 2002

References

Gershon Shaked Wikipedia

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