Gershon Shofman |
| Gershon Shofman (1880 - 1972, b. Orsha, Belorussia) received a traditional religious education, but comprehensive reading of both Hebrew and Russian literature introduced him to European culture and the new trends in Hebrew literature developed under the influence of Mendele Mocher Sfarim and his disciples. His first collection of stories was published in Warsaw in 1902. In that same year he enlisted in the Russian Army and served for almost three years. In 1904, during the Russo-Japanese War, he fled to Galicia, remaining there until 1913, when he left for Vienna. He then settled in an Austrian village and lived there until he immigrated to Eretz Israel in 1938. He eventually settled in Haifa. Shofman was awarded the 1946 Bialik Prize and the 1956 Israel Prize.
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Books Published in Hebrew |
| Stories and Drawings, Warsaw-Tushia, 1902 [Sipurim Ve-Tziurim] |
| G. Shofman's Writings, Warsaw-Tushia, 1927-35 [Kitvei G. Shofman] |
| Before Calm (non-fiction), Am Oved, 1942 [Beterem Harga'ah] |
| Forceps (stories), Sifriat Hasafot, 1946 [Be-Melkahayim] |
| Collected Works, Dvir, 1960 [Col Kitvei G. Shofman] |
| Selected Stories, Yachdav, 1966 [Yalkut Sipurim] |
| Autumn Leaves (stories), Am Oved, 1994 [Shalechet] |
Books in Translation |
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Selected Stories English: Tel Aviv, WIZO, 1951 Yiddish: Vienna, Max Hickel, 1919; Tel Aviv, I.L. Peretz, 1970 Individual works have been published in Chinese, Dutch, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, and Yiddish. |
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