Matityahu Shoham

Mattityahu Moshe Shoham (Polakevich) (1893 - 1937, b. Warsaw, Poland) was orphaned at an early age. Shoham, although educated by his grandfather and uncle, studied foreign languages and secular literature largely on his own. In 1930 he immigrated to Eretz Israel, but was unable to earn a living and returned to Poland two years later. He served for three years as chairman of the Hebrew Authors' Association of Poland and helped to edit its biweekly publication. He also lectured at the Institute of Jewish Studies in Warsaw. Most of Shoham's poems, plays and essays appeared in publications; only two of his works were published as books during his lifetime.

Books Published in Hebrew

Plays, Warsaw-Stybel, 1923 [Dramot]

Tyre and Jerusalem (play), Dvir, 1933 [Tzor Ve-Yerushalayim]

Poems, Warsaw-Stybel, 1936 [Shirim]

Thou Shall not Make to Thyself Molten Gods (play), Warsaw-Stybel, 1937 [Elohei Barzel Lo Ta'ase Lecha]

Writings, Writers Association, 1964 [Ketavim]

Books in Translation

Jericho (play)
English: Tel Aviv, Institute for the Translation of Hebrew Literature, 1974