Creator Bio
Moshe Shamir
1921–2004
Moshe Shamir, born in Safed and educated in Tel Aviv, was an Israeli politician, novelist, playwright, and journalist who popularized the idea of the sabra, the strong, native “new” Israeli. During Israel’s War of Independence, Shamir served in the Palmach. After the Six-Day War, Shamir moved from the left to the right of the Israeli political spectrum. He served in the Knesset from 1977 to 1981. The author of more than fifty books, Shamir received the Israel Prize for Hebrew Literature in 1988.
Entries in the Posen Library by This Creator
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A Generation in the Land
Plans for the anthology of fiction and poetry now presented to the Hebrew reader arose in our minds several years ago, but particularly the tenth anniversary of the State of Israel was found to be…
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He Walked through the Fields
Ruthka [checks the pile of clothes lying on the table]:You’ve given him enough clothes to last him for a year.Gita:When one of our members goes away for a while, I don’t want…
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The Opening to the Story
After I published my son’s literary estate in a book, I still had a few scraps of writing and documents of various kinds that I didn’t know how to put together with everything that seemed clear and…