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Shlomo Kalo (25 February 1928 – 30 August 2014) was an Israeli prolific author and thinker, poet, composer and medical microbiologist who published approx. 80 books, fiction and nonfiction. Some of his works are translated and published in 17 countries. He was longlisted for the Nobel Prize in Literature during the last years of his career. == Biography == Shlomo Kalo was born on the 25th of February, 1928, in Sofia, Bulgaria. At the age of 12, Kalo joined the anti-Fascist underground in Bulgaria. Aged 15, when Bulgaria was under Nazi occupation, Kalo was imprisoned in an improvised concentration camp in Somovit.",〔biographical details of early years from: Kalo, Shlomo. ''Athar''. D.A.T. Publications, 2009 (English edition), an autobiographic novel.〕 Aged 18, in 1946, he won a prize in a poetry competition and went to Prague, where he studied medicine at the Charles University, worked as a freelance journalist and wrote short stories. When the state of Israel was founded in 1948, Shlomo Kalo joined the MAHAL ("Volunteers from abroad": individuals outside Israel who volunteered to fight together with the Israeli forces in its war of independence) and was trained as a pilot in Olomouc, Czechoslovakia. In 1949, at the age of 21 he immigrated to Israel. In 1958 he got his M.Sc. in microbiology at the Tel Aviv University. For 26 years till his retirement (in 1988) he worked as director of the medical laboratories of Kupat Holim Klalit health services, in Rishon-leZion. His first book in Hebrew, a collection of short stories, was published in 1954 by "Sifriyat ha-Poalim". In 1969, a sharp turn in his life occurred (described in the last pages of his autobiographic novel "Erral"). It affected his life, thoughts and literary activity ever since. Kalo wrote about it: "First Sunday of the year 1969 AD, twelve noon. Body tensed like a bow-string. Not he. Warmth rising from the region of the heart. Not he. He stopped being what he was. He will no longer be as he was, forever and ever, for all eternity. He was, he is, he will be, forever and ever, for all eternity."〔Kalo, Shlomo. ''Erral''. D.A.T. Publications, 2006 (English edition), p. 197. This book is a source for biographical details of adulthood years〕 In 1979 an informal group known as "DAAT" (Hebrew acronym, meaning knowledge, standing for "know yourself always") formed around Shlomo Kalo. This group had a varying number of members or supporters till it disbanded in 2009. Some well-known and influential journalists and artists (Shlomo Bar-Abba, Odetta Schwartz and Rivka Zohar, for example) were associated at times with the group. Kalo's many books influenced people who had never met him. In 2009, the Israeli Newspaper Ha'aretz reported that rumours were persistent that Shlomo Kalo was among few Israeli writers who had been shortlisted as candidates for the Nobel Prize for Literature,〔() "Haaretz" newspaper, English internet site〕 similar reports were made by other news sites in 2010〔() Jewish Literary Review, Oct. 7, 2010〕 and in 2011.〔"Yediot Aharonot" newspaper, Oct. 2, 2011 page 14〕 Shlomo Kalo was married to Rivka Zohar-Kalo, a prominent Israeli singer, who performs and records, among others, songs he has written (music and lyrics).〔() A list of Shlomo Kalo's songs performed by Rivka Zohar at "shironet", Israeli songs & music database site.〕 Shlomo Kalo died at his home on August 30, Shabbat morning. His wife said on a Channel 2 TV interview〔() The "Medabrim Al Zeh" talk-show on September 1, 2014.〕 that his summarizing last words were: "Everything is excellent to the one who is not subjugated". 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Shlomo Kalo」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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