The Bialik Prize is an annual

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given by the municipality of

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, for significant accomplishments in

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. The prize is named in memory of Israel's national poet Hayyim Nahman Bialik. There are two separate prizes, one specifically for "Literature", which is in the field of fiction, and the other for "Jewish thought" (חכמת ישראל). The prize was established in January 1933, Bialik's 60th birthday.

List of recipients

List of recipients in alphabetical order

References

External links

List of recipients 1933-2008, Tel Aviv Municipality website (Hebrew)Bialik Prize rules- Tel Aviv Municipality website (Hebrew)
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