Hannah Bat Shahar

Hannah Bat Shahar
חנה בת שחר
Born	1944 Jerusalem, Israel
Nationality	Israel
Occupation(s)	Author, poet

Hannah Bat Shahar (born 1944) is an Israeli writer.^[citation needed]

Bat Shahar was born in Jerusalem, 1944. She is a Hebrew Language mentor at Yeshiva University.[1]

She received the 1994 Prime Minister's Prize.^[citation needed]

Biography

Bat Shahar, was born in 1944 in Jerusalem, daughter of Rabbi Bezalel Jolti. Married to Rabbi Yehoshua Eichenstein, head of the Yad Aharon yeshiva.[2] He graduated from the Beit Ya'akov institutions, whose curriculum does not include modern Hebrew literature. In the 1980s, he enrolled in a writing workshop led by Yoram Kaniuk and Aharon Applefeld.

He later began writing under a pseudonym, because he feared that his identification would lead to ostracism in ultra-Orthodox society and harm his children's marriages. In 1985, his first book, "The Tales of the Cup", including six short stories, was published and won the Newman Prize [he] for Debut Books.[3] His next two books, "Calling the Bats" (1990) and "The Butterfly Dance" (1993) were published in the "Ko Hatafir" series edited by Yigal Schwartz at Keter Publishing.[4]

Published works

• Sipurei Ha-Kos (Stories of the Owl), stories, Tcherikover, 1987
• Likroh La-Atalefim (Calling the Bats), stories, Keter, 1990
• Rikud Ha-Parpar (The Dancing Butterfly), stories, Keter, 1993
• Sham Sirot Ha-Dayig (Look, the Fishing Boats), three novellas, Hakibbutz Hameuchad/ Siman Kriah, 1997
• Yonkey Ha-Devash Ha- Metukim (Sweet Honey Birds), stories, Hakibbutz Hameuchad/Siman Kriah, 1999
• Ha-Naara Mi-Agam Mishigan (The Girl From Lake Michigan), novel, Hakibbutz Hameuchad/ Siman Kriah, 2002
• Nimfa Levana, Seira Meshugaat (White Nymph, Wild Satyr), novel, Hakibbutz Hameuchad, 2005
• Tzlalim Ba-Rei (Shadows in the Mirror), novel, Kinneret, Zmora-Bitan, Dvir, 2008

See also

• Hebrew literature

References

1. "Q & A with Chana Bat Shahar", The Jewish Star, Michael Orbach, December 2, 2010
2. "סופו של ``מצעד הזימה`` - שאול שיף". archive.ph. August 4, 2012. Retrieved September 9, 2024.
3. "⁨Untitled⁩ — ⁨⁨מעריב⁩ 23 אוגוסט 1985⁩ — הספרייה הלאומית של ישראל │ עיתונים". www.nli.org.il (in Hebrew). Retrieved September 9, 2024.
4. "⁨ספרים מקור הדתויי□ ■היחאיס⁩ — ⁨⁨חדשות⁩ 26 מרץ 1993⁩ — הספרייה הלאומית של ישראל │ עיתונים". www.nli.org.il (in Hebrew). Retrieved September 9, 2024.

External links

• Modern Hebrew literature, Issues 1–4, Makhon le-tirgum sifrut Ivrit, Institute for the Translation of Hebrew Literature, 2004, ISBN 978-1-59264-092-8