Tchernichovsky Prize

Tchernichovsky Prize is an Israeli prize awarded to individuals for exemplary works of translation into Hebrew.

Tchernichovsky Prize
Awarded for	Exemplary translation to Hebrew
Country	Israel
Presented by	Tel Aviv-Yafo Municipality
First award	1942; 83 years ago (1942) (first award 1943)
Website	https://www.tel-aviv.gov.il/Pages/ItemPage.aspx?webId=f09859c7-1a46-40e0-8968-9ae31388b659&listId=229c1b0e-698e-4b08-af1e-e769ab00a112&itemId=11

The Tchernichovsky Prize is awarded by the municipality of Tel Aviv-Yafo.^[1] Although initially awarded annually, it is now awarded every two years.

The prize was founded, in the name of the poet Shaul Tchernichovsky, following a 1942 resolution of the municipality. Tchernichovsky himself participated in formulating the policies for the grant of the award and attended the first award ceremony for the prize in 1943.^[1]

Recipients

• Saul Adler
• Nathan Alterman
• Aharon Amir, 1951
• Hugo Bergmann
• Isaac Dov Berkowitz
• Ya'akov Cahan
• Shlomo Dykman
• Israel Eldad
• Ran HaCohen
• Shlomo Herberg
• Ephraim Katzir
• Menashe Levin [he], 1951
• Levana Moshon, 1995
• Tal Nitzán
• Yosef Or [he], 1951
• Rami Saari
• Aharon Shabtai
• Abraham Schalit
• David Shimoni
• Avraham Shlonsky
• Eisig Silberschlag, 1951
• Leon Simon
• Reuven Snir
• Joseph Gerhard Liebes
• Nili Mirsky (1989)