Eliezer Smoli

Eliezer Smoli
אליעזר שׂמֹאלי
Smoli as a teacher in Nesher, 1929
Born1901 (1901)
Volhynia, Russian Empire (now Ukraine)
Died1985 (aged 83–84)
Israel
OccupationWriter
Writing career
LanguageHebrew
GenreChildren's literature
Notable awardsIsrael Prize (1957)
EducationBerlin University
Graves of Eliezer Smoli and his wife Shoshana in Kiryat Tivon

Eliezer Smoli (Hebrew: אליעזר שׂמֹאלי; 1901–1985) was an Israeli writer known for his children's books.

Biography

Smoli as a teacher in Nesher, 1929

Eliezer Smoli was born in the Volhynia region of western Ukraine (then in the Russian Empire). He began writing at the age of ten, After immigrating to British-ruled Palestine in 1920, he founded a labor movement school for workers' children in Nesher.

From 1936 to 1942, Smoli studied natural sciences at Berlin University.

Awards and recognition

References

  1. 1 2 "The Institute for the Translation of Hebrew Literature - Biography of Eliezer Smoli". Archived from the original on 2011-06-04.
  2. ↑ The Nation and the Child: Nation building in Hebrew children’s literature, Yael Darr
  3. ↑ "Israel Prize Official Site - Recipients in 1957 (in Hebrew)". Archived from the original on 2011-09-01.

See also