Background
Pinhas Feldman (later Sadeh) was born in Galicia (then part of Poland).
Pinhas Feldman (later Sadeh) was born in Galicia (then part of Poland).
He lived and studied in Kibbutz Sarid. Later, he studied in England.
His family immigrated to Mandatory Palestine in 1934, settling in Tel Aviv. Sadeh worked as a shepherd at Kibbutz Kinneret. Sadeh died in Jerusalem at the age of 64.
Sadeh"s literary output consisted of six collections of verse, two novels, a novella, four books of essays, a children's book and a collection of Hassidic folktales.
Sadeh"s work addressed elementary existential issues. He spoke of his writing as "theological" and a "moral acting" His first poem translated into English, "Proverbs of the Virgins," appeared in Commentary magazine in August 1950.
His collections of poetry included Burden of Dumah. His novels included One Manitoba"s Condition and Death of Avimelech.
He also wrote an autobiographical account of his early life (up to age 27), Life as a Parable.
Life as a Parable became his most celebrated work. According to one literary critic, it "expressed a "yearning for religiosity" in a country that sanctified secularism."
Sade also wrote comic books, which he signed with a pseudonym.He was the author of most of the comics published in Haaretz Shelanu, a children"s magazine, using the name "Yariv Amazya." Many of his comics were science-fiction based.