Moshe Shamir
Moshe Shamir ( Hebrew משה שמיר; * September 15, 1921 in Safed ; † August 20, 2004 in Rishon LeZion ) was an Israeli writer .
Life
Moshe Shamir became famous for his 1951 novel A King of Flesh and Blood , a historical novel about the Hasmonean king Alexander Jannäus . Shamir also wrote children's and youth books and plays. His play "He went in the fields" ( He went in the fields ) about the war of independence of the state of Israel premiered on May 31, 1948 in Tel Aviv - it was the first premiere of a play after the proclamation of the independence of the state. His piece “Der Erbe” about the Eichmann trial in Jerusalem was premiered in 2001 in a German translation by Matthias Morgenstern in the Stadttheater Heilbronn .
In his younger years he was politically more left-wing. He sympathized with the Mapam . After the Six Day War in 1967 he joined the movement for a Greater Israel , which wanted to annex the territories conquered in the war and which later became a faction of the Likud which was being founded. He was elected to the Knesset and rejected the peace treaty with Egypt . He then co-founded the far- right Techija party .
Translations
Judith among the lepers. From the Hebrew by Matthias Morgenstern in: Judaism in Context. A west-east anthology with translations from six languages. Professor Dr. Stefan Schreiner on his 60th birthday. Tübingen 2007, pp. 152-219.
literature
Matthias Morgenstern, drama as coping with history. Moshe Shamir's play "War of the Sons of Light" , in: Judaica. Contributions to Understanding Judaism, 3/2001, 91–111.
Matthias Morgenstern, theater and Zionist myth. A Study of Contemporary Hebrew Drama. Tübingen 2002, pp. 46-58 (on "He Went in the Fields") and pp. 204-225 (on "Judith among the Lepers").
Matthias Morgenstern, The Israeli Theater. Notes and Notes (Hebrew Literature in Dialog 1), Münster 2016, pp. 65–86.
Web links
- Literature by and about Mosche Shamir in the catalog of the German National Library
Individual evidence
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Shamir, Moshe |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | משה שמיר (Hebrew) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Israeli writer |
DATE OF BIRTH | September 15, 1921 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Safed |
DATE OF DEATH | August 20, 2004 |
Place of death | Rishon LeZion |