Creator Bio
Yaakov Shabtai
1934–1981
Yaakov Shabtai was a prose writer and playwright, born in Tel Aviv. Shabtai was influential in shaping a naturalist, vernacular style in Israeli literature. His book Zikhron devarim (Past Continuous; 1977) is considered a classic of Israeli literature. Many of his books and plays were translated and acclaimed abroad; he also translated English classic plays into Hebrew. Shabtai received the Agnon Prize posthumously.
Entries in the Posen Library by This Creator
Primary Source
Past Continuous
Goldman plodded through the sand and passed the place where the big shack, which had disappeared without a trace, had once stood, skirted the wild mulberry tree and arrived at the place which had once…
Primary Source
Past Perfect: A Novel
In the middle of the summer Meir’s father gave in to his uncle and aunt’s pleas and went away with them to spend a week in the country, and in obedience to his request Meir went over to the apartment…