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Born in Jerusalem, David Shahar (1926-1997) was a fifth-generation Jerusalemite. He studied psychology and Hebrew literatureat the Hebrew University. Shahar wrote novels, a seven-volume historical series of novels (8 books) set mostly in Jerusalem, collections of short stories and a children's book. He served for many years as chairman of the Hebrew Writers' Association. Shahar divided his time between Jerusalem and Paris, and was greatly read and honored in France. He received many literary prizes, among which the Prime Minister's Prize three times (1969; 1978; 1991), the Agnon Prize (1973), the French Prix Medicis Etranger (1981), the Bialik Prize (1984), the Neuman Prize (1987) and the President's Prize (1997). In 1986, he was appointed Commandeur dans l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres by the French government.
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Books Published in Hebrew
| | Concerning Dreams (stories), Am Oved, 1955 [Al Ha-Chalomot] | | Moon of Honey and Gold (novel), Hadar, 1959; 1976; Am Oved, 1988 [Yerach Ha-Dvash Ve-Ha-Zahav] | | Caesar (stories), The Hebrew Writers Association, Dvir, 1960 [Keisar] | | Riki’s Secret
(youth)
, World Zionist Org., 1960; Hadar, 1974; new ed.: Am Oved, 1988 [Sodo Shel Riki: Harpatkotav Shel Riki Maoz] | | The Fortune Teller (stories), The Hebrew Writers Association, Massada, 1966 [Magid Ha-Atidot] | | Summer in the Street of the Prophets [The Palace of Shattered Vessels, vol. 1]
(novel)
, Sifriat Poalim, 1969; Am Oved, 1985; rev. ed. Sifriat Hashaot, 1996; Hakibbutz Hameuchad/ Siman Kriah, 2000 [Kayitz Be-Derech Ha-Neviʹim] | | The Death of the Little God (stories), Schocken, 1970; Am Oved, 1982 [Moto Shel Ha-Elohim Ha-Katan] | | The Popeʹs Moustache (stories), Schocken, 1971; Am Oved, 1982 [Sfamo Shel Ha-Apifyor] | | A Voyage to Ur of the Chaldees [The Palace of Shattered Vessels, vol. 2]
(novel)
, Sifriat Poalim, 1971; Am Oved, 1985; rev. ed. Sifriat Hashaot, 1996 [Ha-Masa Le-Ur Kasdim] | | The Day of the Countess [The Palace of Shattered Vessels, vol. 3]
(novel)
, Sifriat Poalim, 1976; Am Oved, 1986; rev. ed. Sifriat Hashaot, 1996 [Yom Ha-Rozenet] | | His Majestyʹs Agent (novel), Hadar, 1979; Kana, 1982; Yedioth Ahronoth, 2007 [Sochen Hod Malchuto] | | Nin-Gal [The Palace of Shattered Vessels, vol. 4] (novel), Am Oved, 1983; rev. ed. Sifriat Hashaot, 1996 [Ningal; Nin-Gal] | | Day of the Ghosts [The Palace of Shattered Vessels, vol. 5] (novel), Am Oved, 1986; rev. ed. Sifriat Hashaot, 1996 [Yom Ha-Refaʹim] | | A Tammuz Nightʹs Dream [The Palace of Shattered Vessels, vol. 6] (novel), Am Oved, 1988; rev. ed. Sifriat Hashaot, 1996 [Chalom Leil Tammuz] | | Nights of Lutetia [The Palace of Shattered Vessels] (novel), Sifriat Maariv, 1991 [Leilot Lutetzia] | | On Candles and Winds [The Palace of Shettered Vessels, vol. 7] (novel), Sifriat Hashaot, 1994; rev. ed. 1996 [Al Ha-Ner Ve-Al Ha-Ruach] | | To the Mount of Olives, (fragment), Bialik Institute, 1998 | |
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Books in Translation
French: Paris, Gallimard, 1986; 2003
Russian: Jerusalem, Aliya, 1990 English: London, Weidenfeld & Nicholson, 1973; Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 1975
French: Paris, Gallimard, 1978; 1983
German: Koenigstein, Athenaeum, 1984
Russian: Jerusalem, Aliya, 1990; Jerusalem/Moscow, Gesharim/Mosti Kulturi, 2004
Estonian: Tallin, Loomingu Raamatukogu, 1994
English: London, Weidenfeld & Nicholson, 1978
New York, Weidenfeld & Nicholson, 1988
French: Paris, Gallimard, 1980; 1986
German: Koenigstein, Athenaeum, 1985
Russian: Jerusalem/Moscow, Gesharim/ Mosti Kulturi, 2003
French: Paris, Gallimard, 1981; 1989
Estonian: Tartu, Kirjastus Hermes, 2008
Nin-Gal [The Pallace of Shattered Vessels, vol. 4]
French: Paris, Gallimard, 1985
The Day of the Ghosts [The Palace of Shattered Vessels, vol. 5]
French: Paris, Gallimard, 1988
The Palace Stairs (A Tammuz Night's Dream) [The Palace of Shattered Vessels, vol. 6]
French: Paris, Payot, 1989; Paris, Seuil/Points, 1991
Russian: Tel Aviv, Kniga Sefer, 2006
Night of Lutetia [The Palace of Shattered Vesels]
French: Paris, Francois-Bourin, 1992
On Candles and Winds [The Palace of Shattered Vessels, vol. 7]
French: Paris, Robert Laffont, 1997
Moon of Honey and Gold
French: Paris, Francois-Bourin, 1991; Paris, Seuil, 1992
His Majesty`s Agent
English: Boston, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1983
French: Paris, Gallimard, 1983; Folio, 1987
German: Koenigstein, Athenaeum, 1984
Spanish: Barcelona, Galaxia Gutenberg, 2001
Brouria (novella)
French: Jerusalem, Ed. Sifriat Hashaot, 1992
Selected Stories
English: Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 1974; 1976, 1979; London, Paul Elek, 1976
French: Paris, Ed. Periple, 1984; Paris, Julliard, 1994; Paris, Gallimard/Folio, 2007
Catalan: Barcelona, Proa, 1994; pback: Proa, 1994
Japanese: Tokyo, Kokusho-Kankoh-Kai, 1998
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