President Zalman Shazar was last night awarded the Bialik Prize of the Municipality of Tel Aviv for his book, “Or Ishim,” (Light of Personalities) during festive ceremonies here. The prize, which Mr. Shazar said would be put at the disposal of the Writers Association Publishing House, was presented by Mayor Mordechai Namir in the presence of the widow of the late Hebrew poet, Chaim Nachman Bialik.
Other recipients of the prize were Dr. Baruch Kurtzveil for his book, “A Study of Bialik and Tchernichovsky” and to the late Professor Yehoshua Guttman who received posthumously the prize for his book “Jewish Wisdom.” Prof. Guttman’s book is being published in the United States this month, in an English translation.
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