Ya'akov Cahan

Ya'akov Cahan
Native name
יעקב כהן
Born(1881-06-26)June 26, 1881
Slutsk, Russian Empire
(now in Belarus)
DiedNovember 20, 1960(1960-11-20) (aged 79)
Israel
Occupationwriter
LanguageHebrew
CitizenshipIsraeli
Notable awardsBialik Prize (1938)
Israel Prize (1953 and 1958)

Ya'akov Cahan or Kahan (Hebrew: יעקב כהן, born 26 June 1881; died 20 November 1960) was an Israeli poet, playwright, translator, writer and Hebrew linguist.