Yitzhak Lamdan
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Yitzhak Lamdan (born 7 November 1899; died 17 November 1954) was an Israel
i poet, translator, editor and Hebrew columnist.
(then part of the Russian Empire
) in 1899. He emigrated to the then British Mandate of Palestine in 1920. He wrote the famous poem "Masada", in which he compared the Zionist lands to the famous last stand of the Sicarii
in 73.
From 1954 until 1983, the Ramat Gan Municipality, in conjunction with the Hebrew Writers Association in Israel
, awarded the annual Lamdan Prize
in his memory, for literary works for children and youth.
Israel
The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...
i poet, translator, editor and Hebrew columnist.
Biography
Lamdan was born in the UkraineUkraine
Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia...
(then part of the Russian Empire
Russian Empire
The Russian Empire was a state that existed from 1721 until the Russian Revolution of 1917. It was the successor to the Tsardom of Russia and the predecessor of the Soviet Union...
) in 1899. He emigrated to the then British Mandate of Palestine in 1920. He wrote the famous poem "Masada", in which he compared the Zionist lands to the famous last stand of the Sicarii
Sicarii
Sicarii is a term applied, in the decades immediately preceding the destruction of Jerusalem in 70 AD, to an extremist splinter group of the Jewish Zealots, who attempted to expel the Romans and their partisans from Judea using concealed daggers .-History:The Sicarii used...
in 73.
Awards
- In 1955, Lamdan was awarded the Israel PrizeIsrael PrizeThe Israel Prize is an award handed out by the State of Israel and is largely regarded as the state's highest honor. It is presented annually, on Israeli Independence Day, in a state ceremony in Jerusalem, in the presence of the President, the Prime Minister, the Knesset chairperson, and the...
, for literature. - Other prizes received by him include the Brenner PrizeBrenner PrizeThe Brenner Prize is an Israeli literary prize awarded annually by the Hebrew Writers Association in Israel and the Haft Family Foundation.It was founded in the name of the author Yosef Haim Brenner and was first awarded in 1945....
.
From 1954 until 1983, the Ramat Gan Municipality, in conjunction with the Hebrew Writers Association in Israel
Hebrew Writers Association in Israel
The Hebrew Writers Association in Israel is a professional association of writers and poets, who write in the Hebrew language in Israel....
, awarded the annual Lamdan Prize
Lamdan Prize
The Lamdan Prize was an Israeli prize awarded annually, from 1954 to 1983, for literary works for children and youth.The prize was presented by the Ramat Gan Municipality in conjunction with the Hebrew Writers Association in Israel and was founded in the name of the Israeli poet and author Yitzhak...
in his memory, for literary works for children and youth.
See also
- List of Israel Prize recipients
- Lamdan