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About Prof. Simon Halkin
Simon Halkin (Hebrew: שמעון הלקין) (born October 30, 1899; died 1987) was an Israeli poet, novelist, teacher, and translator.
Simon Halkin was born in Dovsk near Rogachev (now in Belarus), then in the Russian Empire in 1899. He emigrated to New York City with his family in 1914. He lived and studied in the United States from 1914 to 1932. He studied at the Hebrew Union College and Columbia University. In the US, he taught Hebrew Literature and Language. He worked as an English teacher in Tel Aviv from 1932 to 1939, but then returned to America, to become professor of Hebrew Literature at the Jewish Institute of Religion in New York. He made his final move to Israel in 1949, when he succeeded Joseph Klausner as Professor of Modern Hebrew Literature and became head of the department at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
"New York, New York City Marriage Records, 1829-1938", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2CF-3RGV : 17 August 2022), Simon L Halkin and Minnie Levine, 1932.
After retiring from the Hebrew University he served as a professor of Jewish Studies at the Jewish Theological Seminary of America. He translated William Shakespeare, Walt Whitman, Percy Bysshe Shelley, and other writers from English into Hebrew.
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He wrote six poetry collections, two novels, several short stories, and also literary criticism. His most famous book of poetry is On the Island (1946).
Halkin died in 1987 in Jerusalem, Israel.
- In 1967, Halkin was awarded the Bialik Prize for literature.
- In 1970, he received the Yakir Yerushalayim (Worthy Citizen of Jerusalem) award.
- In 1975, he won the Israel Prize, in literature.
About שמעון הלקין (עברית)
ויקיפדיה: שמעון הַלְקין (כ"ו בחשוון תר"ס, 30 באוקטובר 1899 – כ"ז בחשוון תשמ"ח, 19 בנובמבר 1987) היה סופר ומשורר עברי, מתרגם, עורך, מורה וחוקר ספרות.
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October 30, 1899
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Dovsk, Rahachow District, Homiel Province, Belarus
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1939
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New York
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November 19, 1987
Age 88
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Jerusalem, Israel
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