Bialik Prize
| Bialik Prize | |
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| Awarded for | Literature and Jewish thought |
| Country | Israel |
| Presented by | Tel Aviv Municipality |
| Established | 1933 |
| Website | Bialik Prize |
The Bialik Prize (Hebrew: פרס ביאליק) is one of Israel's most prestigious literary awards. Established in 1933 by the Tel Aviv Municipality, it is awarded annually in recognition of significant contributions to Hebrew literature. The prize is named in honor of the national poet of Israel, Hayim Nahman Bialik, and was inaugurated to coincide with his 60th birthday.
The award is presented in two distinct categories: Literature, encompassing fiction and poetry, and Jewish Thought (Hebrew: חכמת ישראל, romanized: Ḥokhmat Yisra'el), which recognizes scholarly contributions to Jewish philosophy and scholarship. Since its inception, the prize has served as a primary marker of excellence within the Hebrew-language literary and academic canon.[1]
List of recipients
| Year | Literature | Jewish Thought |
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| 1933 |
| Yehezkel Kaufmann1956 |
| 1934 | Shmuel Yosef Agnon1950 | — |
| 1935 | Avraham Freiman | Benyamin Menasseh Levin |
| 1936 | David Shimoni1949 | |
| 1937 | Jacob Steinberg | Avraham Kahana |
| 1938 | Ya'akov Cohen | Baruch Chizik |
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| 1940 | Naftali Herz Tur-Sinai | |
| 1941 | Shalom Yosef Shapira | Joseph Klausner1949 |
| 1942 |
| Nahum Slouschz |
| 1943 | Aharon Avraham Kabak | Abraham Polak |
| 1944 | Yeruḥam Fishel Lachower | |
| 1945 | Jacob Fichman1953 | Yitzhak Baer |
| 1946 | Yehuda Gur | |
| 1947 | Uri Zvi Grinberg1954, 1977 | Shmuel Abba Hordotzki |
| 1948 | Max Brod | Jacob Nachum Epstein |
| 1949 | David Shimoni1936 | Joseph Klausner1941 |
| 1950 | Shmuel Yosef Agnon1934 | Moshe Zvi Segal1936 |
| 1951 | Zalman Shneur | David Ben-Gurion1971 |
| 1952 | Isaac Dov Berkowitz1965 | Chaim Yehoshua Kosovski |
| 1953 | Jacob Fichman1945 | Yitzhak Ben-Zvi |
| 1954 |
| Nahman Avigad |
| 1955 | Moshe Shamir | |
| 1956 | Zvi Vislevsky | Yehezkel Kaufmann1933 |
| 1957 | Nathan Alterman | Saul Lieberman |
| 1958 | — | Moshe Zilberg |
| 1959 | Moshe Meizlish | |
| 1960 | — | Yosef Braslavy |
| 1961 | Mordechai Ben Yehezkel | Martin Buber |
| 1962 | Baruch Kurzweil | Yosef Qafih1973 |
| 1964 | Yocheved Bat-Miriam | Avraham Ya’ari |
| 1965 | Isaac Dov Berkowitz1952 | Yehuda Ratzaby1979 |
| 1966 |
| Shraga Abramson |
| 1967 | Simon Halkin | Abba Bendavid |
| 1968 | Ezra Zussman | Getzel Kressel |
| 1969 | Aharon Reuveni | Hanoch Albeck |
| 1970 | Haim Hazaz1942 | Nechemia Aloni |
| 1971 | Amir Gilboa | David Ben-Gurion1951 |
| 1972 | Abraham Regelson | Yeshayahu Tishbi |
| 1973 |
| Yosef Qafih1962 |
| 1974 | Israel Cohen | Yehuda Komlosh |
| 1975 | Haim Gouri | — |
| 1976 | Benyamin Kosovski | |
| 1977 | Uri Zvi Grinberg1947, 1954 | Gershom Scholem |
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| 1979 |
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| 1980 | Dov Sadan | Dan Miron |
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| 1982 | Nathan Zach | Israel Levin |
| 1983 |
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| 1984 | Mordechai Breuer | |
| 1985 |
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| 1986 |
| Ezra Fleischer |
| 1987 |
| Gershon Shaked |
| 1988 | Nathan Shaham |
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| 1990 |
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| 1991 | S. Yizhar | |
| 1992 | Gabriel Preil | — |
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| 1994 | Benjamin Pinkus | |
| 1996 |
| Avraham Grossman |
| 1997 | Yehoshua Kenaz | — |
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| 1999 | — | |
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| 2018 |
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| 2022 | — |
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References
- ↑ "The Bialik Prize". Municipality of Tel Aviv-Yafo (in Hebrew).