Bialik Prize Explained

Bialik Prize
Awarded For:(1) Literature and
(2) Jewish thought
Presenter:Tel Aviv Municipality
Country:Israel

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. 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

Year Recipients of Bialik Prize for Literature Recipients of Bialik Prize for Jewish Thought (חכמת ישראל)
1933Yehezkel Kaufmann (also 1956)
1934Shmuel Yosef Agnon
1935Avraham FreimanBenyamin Menasseh Levin
1936David Shimoni (also 1949)Raphael PataiMoshe Zvi Segal (also 1950)
1937Jacob Steinberg
1938Ya'akov CohenBaruch Chizik
1939Asher BarashYehuda Burla (also 1954) Zvi RudyMelech Zagrodski
1940Zelda MishkovskyShaul Tchernichovsky (also 1942) Naftali Herz Tur-Sinai
1941Shalom Yosef ShapiraJoseph Klausner (also 1949)
1942Haim Hazaz (also 1970) Shaul Tchernichovsky (also 1940) Nahum Slouschz
1943Aharon Avraham Kabak
1944Yeruḥam Fishel Lachower
1945Jacob Fichman (also 1953) Yitzhak Baer
1946Gershon ShofmanNatan Yonatan[1] Yehudah Gur (Grazowsky)
1947Uri Zvi Grinberg (also 1954 and 1977)Shmuel Abba Hordotzki
1948Max BrodJacob Nachum Epstein
1949David Shimoni (also 1936)Joseph Klausner (also 1941)
1950Shmuel Yosef Agnon (also 1934)Moshe Zvi Segal (also 1936)
1951Zalman ShneurDavid Ben-Gurion (also 1971)
1952Isaac Dov Berkowitz (also 1965)Chaim Yehoshua Kosovski (also 1934)
1953Jacob Fichman (also 1945)Yitzhak Ben-Zvi
1954Yehuda Burla (also 1939) Uri Zvi Grinberg (also 1947 and 1977)Nahman Avigad
1955Moshe Shamir
1956Zvi VislevskyYehezkel Kaufmann (also 1933)
1957Nathan AltermanSaul Lieberman
1958no awardMoshe Zilberg
1959Avraham ShlonskyEliezer Steinman
1960no awardYosef Braslavy
1961Mordechai Ben Yehezkel
1962Baruch KurzweilYosef Qafih (Kapach) (also 1973)
1963no awardYehoshua Gutman
1964Yocheved Bat-MiriamAvraham Ya’ari
1965Isaac Dov Berkowitz (also 1952)Yehuda Ratzaby (also 1979)
1966Israel EfratZalman Shazar
1967Shimon HalkinAbba Bendavid
1968Ezra ZussmanGezel Kressel
1969Aharon ReuveniHanoch Albeck
1970Haim Hazaz (also 1942)Nechemia Aloni
1971Amir GilboaDavid Ben-Gurion (also 1951)
1972Abraham RegelsonYeshayahu Tishbi
1973Avraham KarivAharon MeggedYosef Qafih (Kapach) (also 1962)
1974Israel CohenYehuda Komlosh
1975Haim Gourino award
1976
1977Uri Zvi Grinberg (also 1947 and 1954)Gershom Scholem
1978Yehoshua Ben-AriehAaron Mirski
1979Yitzhak RaphaelYehuda Ratzaby (also 1965)
1980Dov SadanDan Miron
1981Avraham Even-ShoshanZev Vilnay
1982Nathan ZachIsrael Levin
1983Nisim AloniOzer Rabin
1984Yehoshua Bar-YosefDavid ShaharMordechai Breuer
1985Hanoch BartovShlomo TanaiHillel BarzelDavid Weiss Halivni
1986Yitzhak Auerbuch-OrpazAmos OzEzra Fleischer
1987Moshe DorDahlia Ravikovitch
1988Nathan ShahamIsrael EldadZvi Meir Rabinovitz
1989Avner TreininA. B. YehoshuaShmuel AbramskiShlomo Morag
1990T. CarmiPinchas SadehMenachem DormanAryeh Kasher
1991S. YizharMordechai AltshulerNathan Rotenstreich
1992Gabriel Preilno award
1993David AvidanAmalia Kahana-Carmon
1994Hanoch LevinMeir WieseltierBenjamin Pinkus
1995no awardno award
1996
1997Yehoshua Kenazno award
1998Nurit GovrinEphraim Kishon

Aryeh Sivan

Aharon DotanEliezer Goldman
1999Aharon AlmogYoram Kaniuk

Nurit Zarchi

no award
2000no awardno award
2001no awardno award
2002Haim Be'erMaya Bejerano

Yoel Hoffman

Miriam Roth

Dov NoyIsrael M. Ta-Shma

Israel Jacob Yuval

2003no awardno award
2004David GrossmanHaya Shenhav

Ephraim Sidon

Moshe KosovskiMendel Pikaz
2005no awardno award
2006 Ruth AlmogRaquel Chalfi

Uri Orlev

2007no awardno award
2008Oded Burla Israel Eliraz

Yeshayahu Koren

Ezra MendelsohnDavid Vital
2009no awardno award
2010Lea Aini Shlomit Cohen-Assif

Mordechai Geldman

Devorah DimantImmanuel Etkes
2022Avi Sagi

List of recipients in alphabetical order

Letter Recipients of Bialik Prize for Literature Recipients of Bialik Prize for Jewish Thought (חכמת ישראל)
AShmuel Yosef Agnon (1934, 1950)Lea Aini (2010)

Aharon Almog (1999)

Ruth Almog (2006)

Nathan Alterman (1957)

Yehuda Amichai (1976)

Aharon Appelfeld (1979)

Yitzhak Auerbuch-Orpaz (1986)

David Avidan (1993)

Shmuel Abramski (1989)Shraga Abramson (1966)

Hanoch Albeck (1969)

Nechemia Aloni (1970)

Nisim Aloni (1983)

Mordechai Altshuler (1991)

Nahman Avigad (1954)

BHanoch Bartov (1985)Yehoshua Bar-Yosef (1984)

Yocheved Bat-Miriam (1964)

Haim Be'er (2002)

Maya Bejerano (2002)

Isaac Dov Berkowitz (1952, 1965)

Asher Barash (1939)

Dvora Baron (1933)

Max Brod (1948)

Oded Burla (2008)

Yehuda Burla (1939, 1954)

Yitzhak Baer (1945)Hillel Barzel (1985)

Yehoshua Ben-Arieh (1978)

Abba Bendavid (1967)

David Ben-Gurion (1951, 1971)

Yitzhak Ben-Zvi (1953)

Yosef Braslavy (1960)

Mordechai Breuer (1984)

Martin Buber (1961)Dror Burstein (2022)

CT. Carmi (1990)Raquel Chalfi (2006)

Israel Cohen (1974)

Ya'akov Cohen (1938)

Shlomit Cohen-Assif (2010)

Amalya Cohen-Carmon (1993)

Baruch Chizik (1938)
DMoshe Dor (1987) Devorah Dimant (2010)Menachem Dorman (1990)

Aharon Dotan (1998)

EIsrael Efrat (1966)Israel Eliraz (2008)Israel Eldad (1988)Jacob Nachum Epstein (1948)

Immanuel Etkes (2010)

Avraham Even-Shoshan (1981)

FJacob Fichman (1945, 1953)Gabriel Freil (1992)

Avraham Freiman (1935)

Ezra Fleischer (1986)Yonah Frenkel (1993)
GZrubavel Gilad (1981)Amir Gilboa (1971)

Mordechai Geldman (2010)

Haim Gouri (1975)

Uri Zvi Grinberg (1947, 1954, 1977)

David Grossman (2004)

Nurit Govrin (1998)

Eliezer Goldman (1998)Yosef Gorny 2006)

Avraham Grossman (1996)

Yehudah Gur (Grazowsky) (1946)

Yehoshua Gutman (1963)

HShimon Halkin (1967)Yehudit Handel (1996)

Haim Hazaz (1942, 1970)

Yoel Hoffman (2002)

David Weiss Halivni (1985)Menahem Haran (1998)

Shmuel Abba Hordotzki (1947)

I- Moshe Idel (1993)
J- -
KAharon Avraham Kabak (1943)Yoram Kaniuk (1999)

Yehoshua Kanz (1997)

Avraham Kariv (1973)

Yehuda Karni (1944)

Abba Kazbener (1978)

Yeshurun Keshet (1976)

Ephraim Kishon (1998)

Yeshayahu Koren (2008)

Baruch Kurzweil (1962)

Avraham Kahana (1937)Yosef Kapach (Qafih) (1962, 1973)

Aryeh Kasher (1990)

Yehezkel Kaufmann (1933, 1956)

Joseph Klausner (1941, 1949)

Yehuda Komlosh (1974)

Benyamin Kosovski (1976)

Chaim Yehoshua Kosovski (1934, 1952)

Moshe Kosovski (2004)

Gezel Kressel (1968)

LHanoch Levin (1994)Yeruḥam Fishel Lachower (1944) Nechama Leibowitz (1983)

Benyamin Menasseh Levin (1935)

Israel Levin (1982)

Saul Lieberman (1957)

Yehuda Liebes (1996)

MAharon Megged (1973)Zelda (1978)Moshe Meizlish (1959)Ezra Mendelsohn (2008)

Avi-Yonah Michael (1955)

Dan Miron (1980)

Aaron Mirski (1978)

Shlomo Morag (1989)

N- Dov Noy (2002)
OYa'akov Orland (1996)Uri Orlev (2006)

Yitzhak Auerbuch-Orpaz (1986)

Amos Oz (1986)

-
P- Raphael Patai (1936)Mendel Pikaz (2004)

Shlomo Pines (1985)

Benjamin Pinkus (1994)

Abraham Polak (1943)

Q- Yosef Qafih (Kapach) (1962, 1973)
RDalya Rabikovich (1987)Ozer Rabin (1983)

Abraham Regelson (1972)

Aharon Reuveni (1969)

Miriam Roth (2002)

Zvi Meir Rabinovitz (1988)Yitzhak Rafael (1979)

Yehuda Ratzaby (1965, 1979)

Nathan Rotenstreich (1991)

Zvi Rudy (1939)

SDov Sadan (1980)Pinchas Sadeh (1990)

Zelda (1978)

Nathan Shaham (1987)

David Shahar (1984)

Moshe Shamir (1955)

Shalom Yosef Shapira (1941)

Zalman Shazar (1966)

Haya Shenhav (2004)

David Shimoni (1936, 1949)

Avraham Shlonsky (1959)

Zalman Shneur (1951)

Matityahu Shoham (1933)

Gershon Shofman (1946)

Ephraim Sidon (2004)

Aryeh Sivan (1998)

Ya'akov Steinberg (1937)

Eliezer Steinman (1959)

Avi Sagi (2022)Gershom Scholem (1977)Moshe Zvi Segal (1936, 1950)

Gershon Shaked (1987)

Ziva Shamir (2022)

Uriel Simon (2004)

Nahum Slouschz (1941)

TShlomo Tanai (1985)Yehoshua Tan-Pi (1981)

Shaul Tchernichovsky (1940, 1942)

Avner Treinin (1989)

Shlomo Tzemah (1944)

Israel M. Ta-Shma (2002)Yeshayahu Tishbi (1972)

Chava Turniansky (2006)

Naftali Herz Tur-Sinai (1940)

U- Ephraim Urbach (1983)
VZvi Vislevsky (1956)Zev Vilnay (1981)David Vital (2008)
WMeir Wieseltier (1994) -
X- -
YMordechai Ben Yehezkel (1961)A. B. Yehoshua (1989)

Avot Yeshurun (1979)

S. Yizhar (1991)

Natan Yonatan (1946)

Avraham Ya’ari (1964)Shmuel Yeivin (1955)Israel Jacob Yuval (2002)
ZNathan Zach (1982)Nurit Zarchi (1999)

Zelda (1978)

Ezra Zussman (1968)

Melech Zagrodski (1939)Moshe Zilberg (1958)

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