David Shahar

David Shahar (1926-1997) was an Israeli fiction writer, translator, and editor best known for his depiction of old Jerusalem in the multi-volume historical saga The Palace of Shattered Vessels (1968–94).

Life and work

He was born in Jerusalem in June 1926, to a pious ultra-orthodox Jewish family that had lived in the city for several generations. His ancestors arrived in Jerusalem in the 19th century, from Hungary on his father's side and the Russian Empire on his mother's side. According to family stories, his father's side was descended from Jews expelled from Spain in 1492.

Shahar studied at the

Shahar's series of novels The Palace of Shattered Vessels is recognized by many as his masterpiece, considered a realist depiction of life in pre-State Jerusalem. Regarded as an Israeli version of

He had two children with the medieval historian Shulamith Shahar, one of them was the Israelian sinologist, Meir Shahar. He died in Paris in 1997.^[1] Poet and chemist Avner Treinin spoke at his funeral when Shahar was buried on the Mount of Olives.

Works

References

Further reading

• Baziz, Orna (2003). The Vessels Will Never Be Able to Contain the Abundance: The Life and Work of David Shahar (in Hebrew). Jerusalem: Carmel.
• Feldman, Yael S. (1983). "In Pursuit of Things Past: David Shahar and the Autobiography in Current Israeli Fiction". Hebrew Studies. 24 (24): 99–105.
• Ginsburg, Michal Peled; Ron, Moshe (2004). Shattered Vessels: Memory, Identity, and Creation in the Work of David Shahar. Albany: State University of New York Press.
• Morahg, Gilead (1985). "Piercing the Shimmering Bubble: David Shahar's "The Palace of Shattered Vessels"". AJS Review. 10 (2): 211–34.
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• Yaron-Leconte, Iris (2017). ""Ekphrasis" dans "Les nuits de Lutèce" de David Shahar". Revue européenne des études hébraïques (19): 57–74.

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