David Shimoni

David Shimoni (Hebrew: דוד שמעוני) (25 August 1891 10 December 1956) was an Israeli poet, writer and translator.

David Shimoni 1935

Shimonovitch (later David Shimoni) was born in Babruysk in Belarus (then part of the Russian Empire) to Nissim Shimonovitch and Malka Fridland[1] Although he lived in Ottoman Palestine for a year in 1909, he did not immigrate to British-administered Palestine until 1920. He was an early member of Al-Domi.

Awards and commemoration

Shimoni Street, Jerusalem

Shimoni Street in Jerusalem is named after him, as is Shimoni Street in Beersheva, Israel.

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