Dan Tsalka

Dan Tsalka (1936-2005) was born in Warsaw, Poland, and spent many years during World War II in Siberia and Kazakhstan. In 1946, he returned to Poland where he studied philosophy and literature. He immigrated to Israel in 1957, continued his studies, and later went to study in Grenoble, France. Tsalka taught at Tel Aviv and Ben Gurion Universities, and was writer-in-residence at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He was also literary advisor to the Players' Stage Theater and editor of the literary supplement Masa. Tsalka published novels, books of short stories, books of poetry, collections of essays, an autobiography and books for youth. He received several awards, including the Prime Minister's Prize three times (1972; 1991; 1997) the Brenner Prize (1976), the Alterman Prize (1992), the ACUM prize twice (1994; 2000) and the Sapir Prize for Tsalka's ABC (2004).