Yaakov Shabtai

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Yaakov Shabtai


Born
in Tel Aviv, Israel
March 08, 1934

Died
August 04, 1981

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Yaakov Shabtai (Hebrew: יעקב שבתאי) was born in Tel Aviv. After his military service, he moved to a kibbutz and started to write. Ten years later, he returned to Tel Aviv with his family and devoted himself to his literary career. He wrote two novels, a book of short stories, a children`s book, two collections of plays and a collection of poems and ballads.
Shabtai holds a unique place in Hebrew literature. His novel, Past Continuous, is considered one of the high points of modern Hebrew fiction. It received the Kenneth B. Smilen Award for Literature and is included in "The 100 Greatest Works of Modern Jewish Literature" (2001). In 2007, Past Continuous topped the list of the most important as well as "best loved" books since the creation of
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Past Continuous

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Uncle Peretz Takes Off

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Six Israeli Novellas

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קרקס בתל-אביב

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Die wundersame Reise des kl...

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