Eliezer Smoli (1901–1985) was an Israeli writer known for his children's books.

Biography

Eliezer Smoli was born in the Volhynia region of western Ukraine (then in the Russian Empire). He began writing at the age of ten, After immigrating to British-ruled Palestine in 1920, he founded a labor movement school for workers' children in Nesher.

Eliezer Smoli

From 1936 to 1942, Smoli studied natural sciences at Berlin University.

Eliezer Smoli

Awards and recognition

In 1957, Smoli was awarded the Israel Prize for Children's literature.

Eliezer Smoli

References

See also

List of Israel Prize recipients

Israel Prize in children's literature recipients

Humboldt University of Berlin alumni

Soviet emigrants to Mandatory Palestine

Jews from the Russian Empire

Jews from Mandatory Palestine

20th-century Israeli Jews

Israeli children's writers

1901 births

1985 deaths