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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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Books Published in Hebrew
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(novel)
, Hakibbutz Hameuchad, 2001 [Mehagrim] | | ----- | | | NON-FICTION | | On Four Stories, The Jewish Agency for Israel, 1963 [Al Arbaʹa Sipurim: Prakim Bi-Ysodot Ha-Sipur] | | Laughter and Tears: Studies in Mendele Mocher Sforimʹs Works, The Hebrew Writers Association, Massada, 1965; 1974 [Bein Schok Le-Dema: Iyunim Bi-Ytzirato Shel Mendele Mocher Sfarim] | | On Three Plays, The Jewish Agency for Israel, 1968 [Al Shlosha Machazot: Prakim Bi-Ysodot Ha-Machaze] | | The Hebrew Historical Drama in the Twentieth Century, Bialik Institute, 1970 [Ha-Machaze Ha-Ivri Ha-History Bi-Tkufat Ha-Tchiya] | | If You Ever Forget: Essays on American-Jewish Literature, Eked, 1971 [Im Tishkach Ei-Faʹam: Iyunim Be-Sifrut Yehudit-Amerikaʹit] | | A New Direction in Hebrew Narrative, Sifriat Poalim, 1971; extended ed. 1974 [Gal Hadash Ba-Siporet Ha-Ivrit] | | Dead End, Hakibbutz Hameuchad, 1973 [Le-Lo Motza] | | The Narrative Art of S.Y. Agnon, Sifriat Poalim, 1973; 1976 [Omanut Ha-Sipur Shel Agnon] | | Hebrew Narrative Fiction 1880-1980 [5 vols.], Hakibbutz Hameuchad, Keter, 1977-1998 [Ha-Siporet Ha-Ivrit 1880-1980] | | No Other Place (essays), Hakibbutz Hameuchad, 1983; extended ed. 1988 [Ein Makom Acher] | | Wave After Wave in Hebrew Narrative, Keter. 1985 [Gal Achar Gal Ba-Siporet Ha-Ivrit] | | Four Chapters in Applied Reception Theory, The Katz Research Institute for Hebrew Literature/ Tel Aviv Univ., 1987 [Yetzirot Ve-Nimaneihen: Arbaʹa Prakim Be-Torat Ha-Hitkablut] | | S.Y. Agnon - A Writer with a Thousand Faces, Hakibbutz Hameuchad, 1989 [Panim Acherot Bi-Ytzirato Shel S.Y. Agnon] | | About Stories and Plays: Elements of Short Stories and Plays, Keter, 1992 [Al Sipurim U-Machazot] | | Literature Then, Here and Now, Zmora-Bitan, 1993 [Sifrut Az, Kan Ve-Achshav] | | Mostly Mendele, The Hebrew Univ., Magnes Press, 2004 [Mendele, Lefanav Ve-Acharav] | | Identity: Jewish Literatures in European Languages, Haifa Univ. Press, 2006 [Zehut: Sifruyot Yehudiyot Bi-Lshonot Laʹaz] | | Group Portrait: Aspects of Israeli Literature and Culture, Dvir, Heksherim Institute/ Ben-Gurion Univ., 2009 [Tmuna Kvutzatit: Heibetim Be-Sifrut Israel U-Ve-Tarbutah] | |
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Books in Translation
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 (abridged)
German: Frankfurt, Judischer Verlag bei Suhrkamp, 1996
English: Bloomington, Indiana Univ. Press, 2000; New York/London, Toby Press, 2008
Turkish: Ankara, Phoenix Yayinevi, 2007
Chinese: Beijing, Commercial Press, 2009
Italian: Milan, Terra Santa, 2011
The New Tradition: Essays on Modern Hebrew Literature
English: New York, Hebrew Union College Press/ Wayne State Univ. Press, 2006 Sons (Immigrants) German: Vienna, Theodor Kramer Gesellschaft, 2020
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