Gershon Shaked
Israeli literary critic
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| Intro | Israeli literary critic | |
| A.K.A. | Gershom Shaked | |
| A.K.A. | Gershom Shaked | |
| Places | Austria Israel | |
| was | Writer Critic Literary critic Professor Educator Literary theorist | |
| Work field | Academia Literature Social science | |
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| Birth | 8 July 1929, Vienna, Austria | |
| Death | 28 December 2006Jerusalem, Israel (aged 77 years) | |
| Star sign | Cancer |
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Biography
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.
Works in English
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