Nathan Agmon Explained

Nathan Agmon (born Nathan Bistritzky; 1896 in Russian Empire – 1980 in Tel Aviv) was an Israeli writer and translator born in the Russian Empire.[1]

Agmon came to Palestine in 1920, and was a member of the senior staff of the Jewish National Fund from 1922 till retirement in 1952.[2]

He was best known for his dramatic works, including a libretto for Alexander Tansman on the false messiah Shabtai Tzvi, and a work on Judas Iscariot, as well as for being the first to translate the complete Don Quixote into Hebrew, in 1958.

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Notes and References

  1. http://www.jta.org/1980/03/06/archive/nathan-bistritzky-dead-at-83 Nathan Bistritzky Dead at 83
  2. https://books.google.com/books?id=IrF7ZYWMO8MC&dq=nathan+bistritzky&pg=PA311 Journeyman in Jerusalem: Memories and Letters, 1933-1947, Raphael Patai