Aharon Megged
Aharon Megged | |
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אהרון מגד | |
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| Born | Aharon Greenberg 10 August 1920 Włocławek, Poland |
| Died | 23 March 2016 (aged 95) |
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| Notable work | The Evyatar Notebooks: a novel, Of Trees and Stones |
| Spouse | Eda Zoritte |
| Children | 2 |
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Aharon Megged (Hebrew: אהרון מגד) (10 August 1920 – 23 March 2016) (Hebrew year 5680)[1] was an Israeli author and playwright. In 2003, he was awarded the Israel Prize for literature.
Biography
[edit]Aharon Greenberg (later Megged) was born in Włocławek, Poland. In 1926, he immigrated with his parents to Mandate Palestine. He grew up in Ra'anana, attending Herzliya high school in Tel Aviv. After graduation, he joined a Zionist pioneering youth movement, training at Kibbutz Giv'at Brenner. He was a member of Kibbutz Sdot Yam for twelve years. He left the kibbutz in 1951.[2]
Megged was married to author Eda Zoritte, with whom he had two children.
Literary career
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Megged was one of the founders of the Masa literary weekly, and its editor for fifteen years. He worked as a literary editor for the Hebrew newspapers La-merhav and Davar. In 1977/78 he was author-in-residence at the Center for Hebrew Studies affiliated with the University of Oxford. He made several lecture tours of the United States, and was also author-in-residence at the University of Iowa. He published 35 books.
Megged's plays were performed at Habima, Ha-Ohel and other theaters. His books have been translated into numerous languages and published in the United Kingdom, the United States, Argentina, France, and other countries.
Diplomatic career
[edit]From 1968 to 1971, Megged was cultural attaché to the Israeli embassy in London.[3]
Awards and recognition
[edit]- In 1974, Megged won the Bialik Prize for his books The Evyatar Notebooks: a novel and Of Trees and Stones.
- In 2003, he was awarded the Israel Prize, for literature.[4][5]
Megged won the Brenner Prize, the S.Y. Agnon Prize, and the Prime Minister's Prize.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ International Who's Who of Authors and Writers 2004. Europa Publications. 2003. p. 380. ISBN 1857431790.
- ^ A friend of a friend, Jerusalem Post
- ^ A friend of a friend, Jerusalem Post
- ^ "Israel Prize Official Site (in Hebrew) – Recipient's C.V."
- ^ "Israel Prize Official Site (in Hebrew) – Judges' Rationale for Grant to Recipient".
- 1920 births
- 2016 deaths
- People from Włocławek
- People from Warsaw Voivodeship (1919–1939)
- Israel Prize in literature recipients
- Brenner Prize recipients
- Polish emigrants to Mandatory Palestine
- Israeli people of Polish-Jewish descent
- Herzliya Hebrew Gymnasium alumni
- Israeli male dramatists and playwrights
- Israeli literary critics
- International Writing Program alumni
- Israeli expatriates in the United Kingdom
- Israeli expatriates in the United States
- Recipients of Prime Minister's Prize for Hebrew Literary Works
- Cultural attachés
- Burials at Kinneret Cemetery
- Bialik Prize recipients