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Gershon Shaked

גרשון שקד

Gershon Shaked (1929-2006) was born in Vienna, Austria, 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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  • Group Portrait: Aspects of Israeli Literature and Culture

    [Tmuna Kvutzatit: Heibetim Be-Sifrut Israel U-Ve-Tarbutah]
    Non Fiction
    Dvir 2009

  • Identity: Jewish Literatures in European Languages

    [Zehut: Sifruyot Yehudiyot Bi-Lshonot Laʹaz]
    Non Fiction
    Haifa Univ. 2006

  • Mostly Mendele

    [Mendele, Lefanav Ve-Acharav]
    Non Fiction
    Magnes - Hebrew University 2004

  • Sons [Immigrants]

    [Mehagrim]
    Fiction
    Hakibbutz Hameuchad 2001

  • Literature Then, Here and Now

    [Sifrut Az, Kan Ve-Achshav]
    Non Fiction
    Zmora-Bitan 1993

  • About Stories and Plays: Elements of Short Stories and Plays

    [Al Sipurim U-Machazot]
    Non Fiction
    Keter 1992

  • S.Y. Agnon - A Writer with a Thousand Faces

    [Panim Acherot Bi-Ytzirato Shel S.Y. Agnon]
    Non Fiction
    Hakibbutz Hameuchad 1989

  • No Other Place

    [Ein Makom Acher]
    Non Fiction Essays
    Hakibbutz Hameuchad 1988

  • Four Chapters in Applied Reception Theory

    [Yetzirot Ve-Nimaneihen: Arbaʹa Prakim Be-Torat Ha-Hitkablut]
    Non Fiction
    Tel Aviv Univ. 1987

  • Wave After Wave in Hebrew Narrative

    Keter 1985

  • Hebrew Narrative Fiction 1880-1980 [5 vols.]

    [Ha-Siporet Ha-Ivrit 1880-1980]
    Non Fiction
    Keter 1977-1998

  • A New Direction in Hebrew Narrative

    [Gal Hadash Ba-Siporet Ha-Ivrit]
    Non Fiction
    Sifriat Poalim 1974

  • The Narrative Art of S.Y. Agnon

    [Omanut Ha-Sipur Shel Agnon]
    Non Fiction
    Sifriat Poalim 1973; 1976

  • Dead End

    [Le-Lo Motza]
    Non Fiction
    Hakibbutz Hameuchad 1973

  • If You Ever Forget: Essays on American-Jewish Literature

    [Im Tishkach Ei-Faʹam: Iyunim Be-Sifrut Yehudit-Amerikaʹit]
    Non Fiction
    Eked 1971

  • The Hebrew Historical Drama in the Twentieth Century

    [Ha-Machaze Ha-Ivri Ha-History Bi-Tkufat Ha-Tchiya]
    Non Fiction
    Bialik Institute 1970

  • On Three Plays

    [Al Shlosha Machazot: Prakim Bi-Ysodot Ha-Machaze]
    Non Fiction
    The Jewish Agency for Israel 1968

  • Laughter and Tears: Studies in Mendele Mocher Sforimʹs Works

    [Bein Schok Le-Dema: Iyunim Bi-Ytzirato Shel Mendele Mocher Sfarim]
    Non Fiction
    Massada 1965; 1974

  • On Four Stories

    [Al Arbaʹa Sipurim: Prakim Bi-Ysodot Ha-Sipur]
    Non Fiction
    The Jewish Agency for Israel 1963

  • The Shadows Within: Essays on the Modern Jewish Writers

    Non Fiction Essays

  • Shmuel Yosef Agnon: A Revolutionary Traditionalist

    Non Fiction

  • Modern Hebrew Fiction (abridged)

    Non Fiction

  • The New Tradition: Essays on Modern Hebrew Literature