Bialik Prize | |
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![]() Zalman Shneor at the 1952 Bialik Prize award ceremony. To his left stands Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion, and to his right is Israel Rokach, mayor of Tel-Aviv. | |
Awarded for | (1) Literature and (2) Jewish thought |
Country | Israel |
Presented by | Tel Aviv Municipality |
First awarded | 1933 |
Website | https://www.tel-aviv.gov.il/Pages/MainItemPage.aspx?WebID=f09859c7-1a46-40e0-8968-9ae31388b659&ListID=229c1b0e-698e-4b08-af1e-e769ab00a112&ItemID=4 ![]() |
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