Zalman Shazar is remembered in public life for work that changed what came after it.
The record lists Zalman Shazar as 3rd President of Israel (1963–1973).
Zalman Shazar was born in 1889. His recorded nationality is Israel. He was educated at University of Strasbourg.
Around the turn of the twentieth century, national institutions, mass media and mass politics changed both the scale of a career and its risks.
Zalman Shazar is described as politician, journalist and writer.
What survives of a political career is usually not the speeches but the institutions left behind.
His work was formally recognised with the Bialik Prize, honorary doctor of the Bar-Ilan University and honorary doctor of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
Working from Israel shaped what was possible - the audiences within reach, the institutions that would have him, the language the work first appeared in.
Death came in 1974, at 85. By then the contribution had passed into the settled record.
Achievements
- Educated at University of Strasbourg
- Worked as politician, journalist and writer
