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Ya'akov Cahan

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Ya'akov Cahan
יעקב כהן
Born(1881-06-26)June 26, 1881
Slutsk, Russian Empire
(now in Belarus)
DiedNovember 20, 1960(1960-11-20) (aged 79)
Israel
Occupationwriter
LanguageHebrew
CitizenshipIsraeli
Notable awardsBialik Prize (1938)
Israel Prize (1953 and 1958)

Ya'akov Cahan or Kahan (Hebrew: יעקב כהן, born 26 June 1881; died 20 November 1960) was an Israeli poet, playwright, translator, writer and Hebrew linguist.

Biography

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Ya'akov Cahan was born in Slutsk, in the Russian Empire, now Belarus. He immigrated to the British Mandate of Palestine in 1934.

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References

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  1. ^ "List of Bialik Prize recipients 1933–2004 (in Hebrew), Tel Aviv Municipality website" (PDF).
  2. ^ "Israel Prize recipients in 1953 (in Hebrew)". Israel Prize Official Site. Archived from the original on 19 August 2011.
  3. ^ "Israel Prize recipients in 1958 (in Hebrew)". Israel Prize Official Site. Archived from the original on 8 February 2012.
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