Nathan Bistritzky
1896
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1980
photo credits: Wikimedia Commons
country of citizenship: Israel
languages spoken, written or signed: Hebrew
occupation: translator, writer
Nathan Agmon (Hebrew: נתן אגמון, born Nathan Bistritzky; 1896 in Russian Empire – 1980 in Tel Aviv) was an Israeli writer and translator born in the Russian Empire. Agmon came to Palestine in 1920, and was a member of the senior staff of the Jewish National Fund from 1922 till retirement in 1952. He was best known for his dramatic works, including a libretto for Alexander Tansman on the false messiah Shabtai Tzvi, and a work on Judas Iscariot, as well as for being the first to translate the complete Don Quixote into Hebrew, in 1958. Source: Wikipedia (en)
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