Gershon Shaked |
| Gershon Shaked (1929-2006) was born in Vienna, and arrived in Israel with his family in 1939. He studied at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and received a PhD in Hebrew literature. He also studied German, English and French literature in Switzerland. Shaked was Professor Emeritus of Hebrew Literature at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and also taught at Ben Gurion University of the Negev. In addition to many books in Hebrew, he was the author of more than thirty books of criticism in several languages. Shaked received the Bialik Prize (1986), the Israel Prize for Literary Scholarship (1992) and the Bahat Award for Non-Fiction (2004).
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Books Published in Hebrew |
| Fiction |
| Sons (Immigrants) (novel), Hakibbutz Hameuchad, 2001 [Mehagrim] |
| Non-Fiction (selected list) |
| The Narrative Art of S.Y.Agnon, Sifriat Poalim, 1973 [Omanut Ha-Sipur Shel Agnon] |
| Hebrew Narrative Fiction 1880-1980 (five volumes), Hakibbutz Hameuchad & Keter, 1977-1998 [Ha-Siporet Ha-Ivrit 1880-1980] |
| No Other Place (essays), Hakibbutz Hameuchad, 1983; 1988 [Ein Makom Acher] |
| S.Y.Agnon - A Writer With a Thousand Faces, Hakibbutz Hameuchad, 1989 [Panim Acherot Be-Yetzirato Shel Shai Agnon] |
| Identity: Jewish Literatures in European Languages, Haifa Univ. Press, 2006 [Zehut: Safruyot Yehudiot Bi-Leshonot La`az] |
Books in Translation |
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Sons (Immigrants) German: Frankfurt, Suhrkamp The Shadows Within: Essays on the Modern Jewish Writers English: Philadelphia, The Jewish Publication Society, 1987 Shmuel Yosef Agnon: A Revolutionary Traditionalist English: New York, New York University Press, 1989 No Other Place German: Berlin, Suhrkamp Judischer Verlag, 1992 Modern Hebrew Fiction German: Frankfurt, Judischer Verlag bei Suhrkamp, 1996 English: Bloomington, Indiana University Press, 2000; New York/London, Toby Press, 2008 Chinese: Beijing, The Commercial Press, forthcoming Turkish: Ankara, Phoenix Yayinevi, 2007 Polish: Warsaw, Cyklady Sons (Immigrants),(novel) German: Berlin, Judischer Verlag, forthcoming The New Tradition: Essays on Modern Hebrew Literature English: New York, Hebrew Union College Press/ Wayne State University Press, 2006 Manuscripts available (for publishers only) in English translation Sons Last updated: 4.1.2010 |
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