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Pinchas Sadeh, also Pinhas Sadeh, ( he, פנחס שדה, born in Lemberg, Poland 1929, died January 29, 1994, in
Jerusalem Jerusalem (; he, יְרוּשָׁלַיִם ; ar, القُدس ) (combining the Biblical and common usage Arabic names); grc, Ἱερουσαλήμ/Ἰεροσόλυμα, Hierousalḗm/Hierosóluma; hy, Երուսաղեմ, Erusałēm. i ...
,
Israel Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...
) was a Polish-born Israeli novelist and poet.


Biography

Pinhas Feldman (later Sadeh) was born in Galicia (then part of Poland). His family
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to
Mandatory Palestine Mandatory Palestine ( ar, فلسطين الانتدابية '; he, פָּלֶשְׂתִּינָה (א״י) ', where "E.Y." indicates ''’Eretz Yiśrā’ēl'', the Land of Israel) was a geopolitical entity established between 1920 and 1948 ...
in 1934, settling in
Tel Aviv Tel Aviv-Yafo ( he, תֵּל־אָבִיב-יָפוֹ, translit=Tēl-ʾĀvīv-Yāfō ; ar, تَلّ أَبِيب – يَافَا, translit=Tall ʾAbīb-Yāfā, links=no), often referred to as just Tel Aviv, is the most populous city in the ...
. He lived and studied in Kibbutz
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. Later, he studied in England. Sadeh worked as a shepherd at
Kvutzat Kinneret Kvutzat Kinneret ( he, קְבוּצַת כִּנֶּרֶת), also known as Kibbutz Kinneret, is a kibbutz in northern Israel. The settlement group ('' kvutza'') was established in 1913, and moved from the Kinneret training farm to the permanent lo ...
. There he met Yael Sacks, whom he married in 1956 but the union lasted only three months. In 1962–1969, he was married to Yehudit. He began publishing his work in 1945.The life and loves of Writer Pinhas Sadeh
/ref> Sadeh died in Jerusalem at the age of 64.


Literary career

Sadeh's literary output consisted of six collections of verse, two novels, a novella, four books of essays, a children's book and a collection of Hassidic folktales. Sadeh's work addressed elementary existential issues. He spoke of his writing as "theological" and a "moral act." His first poem translated into English, "Proverbs of the Virgins," appeared in
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magazine in August 1950. His collections of poetry included ''Burden of Dumah''. His novels included ''One Man's Condition'' and ''Death of Avimelech''. He also wrote an autobiographical account of his early life (up to age 27), ''Life as a Parable''. ''Life as a Parable'' became his most celebrated work. According to one literary critic, it "expressed a 'yearning for religiosity' in a country that sanctified secularism." Sade also wrote comic books, which he signed with a pseudonym. He was the author of most of the comics published in ''Haaretz Shelanu,'' a children's magazine, using the name "Yariv Amazya." Many of his comics were science-fiction based.


Awards and recognition

Sadeh won the 1990
Bialik Prize The Bialik Prize is an annual literary award given by the municipality of Tel Aviv, Israel, for significant accomplishments in Hebrew literature. The prize is named in memory of Israel's national poet Hayyim Nahman Bialik Hayim Nahman Bialik ...
for Literature, jointly with T. Carmi and Natan Yonatan. He was a 1973 recipient of the
Prime Minister's Prize for Hebrew Literary Works The Prime Minister's Prize for Hebrew Literary Works, also known as the Levi Eshkol Literary Award, named after Israel's third Prime Minister, is an annual award granted to writers in the Hebrew language. The prize was established in 1969. Abou ...
.


See also

* Hebrew literature *
Israeli literature Israeli literature is literature written in the State of Israel by Israelis. Most works classed as Israeli literature are written in the Hebrew language, although some Israeli authors write in Yiddish, English, Arabic and Russian. History Heb ...


References


External links


An Existential Treatment of Biblical Theme: Pinhas Sadeh's "The Death of Abimelech"
{{DEFAULTSORT:Sadeh, Pinchas 1929 births 1994 deaths Polish emigrants to Mandatory Palestine Polish male novelists Israeli male novelists Israeli male poets 20th-century Polish novelists 20th-century Polish poets Polish male poets 20th-century Polish male writers Recipients of Prime Minister's Prize for Hebrew Literary Works Deaths from lung cancer in Israel