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David Shahar was born in Jerusalem, Israel, on 17 June 1926. He is a writer and poet, and is best known for his works in Hebrew and Yiddish. He has written several books, including "The Book of the Dead" (1962), "The Book of the Living" (1966), and "The Book of the Future" (1970). He has also written several plays, including "The Last Supper" (1962) and "The Last Dance" (1966). Shahar is a recipient of the Israel Prize for Literature, and has been awarded the Prime Minister's Prize for Literature. He has also been awarded the Bialik Prize for Literature, and the Israel Prize for Lifetime Achievement. Shahar is married to his wife, Miriam, and they have two children. He currently resides in Jerusalem.

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Occupation writer
Age 71 years old
Zodiac Sign Gemini
Born 17 June, 1926
Birthday 17 June
Birthplace Jerusalem, Mandatory Palestine (now Jerusalem, Israel)
Date of death (1997-04-02)
Died Place Paris
Nationality Israel

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1997

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. Poet and chemist Avner Treinin spoke at his funeral when Shahar was buried on the Mount of Olives.

1926

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).

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.