of the Movement for Greater Israel (Eretz Israel HaShlema, literally "Whole Land of Israel"), a part of the La'am faction in the Likud. He was elected to the Knesset in the legislative elections of 1977. He was among the founders of the "Bnai" faction (acronym for a phrase meaning "Union of Eretz Israel Faithful") that opposed the Camp David Accords (1978). In late 1979, after the Israel-Egypt peace treaty, he broke away from Likud, along with Knesset member Geula Cohen, and found the Tehiya Bnai party. He supported the settling of the West Bank after its capture. His shift from left to right took a toll on him as the main literary societies banned him from membership. Awards Among the various prizes received by Shamir for his work were the following: In 1950, the Ussishkin Prize; In 1953, the Brenner Prize; In 1955, the Bialik Prize for literature; In 1988, the capstone was the Israel Prize, for Hebrew literature. Works in English translation He Walked Through the Fields (1959, as a play), translation of Hu Halach Ba-Sadot (1947) Taking the Mountains (1948, play) With His Own Hands (1970), translation of Be-Mo Yadav (1951) The King of Flesh and Blood (1958), translation of Melech Basar Va-Dam (1954) David's Stranger (1965), also with title The Hittite Must Die (1978), translation of Kivsat Ha-Rash (1956) The Fifth Wheel (1961), translation of Ha-Galgal Ha-Hamishi (1961) My Life With Ishmael (1970, political autobiography), translation of Hayai Im Ishmael (1968) See also List of Bialik Prize recipients List of Israel Prize recipients References External links Moshe Shamir Institute for Translation of Hebrew Literature Moshe Shamir Jewish Agency for Israel 1921 births People from Safed Jews in Mandatory Palestine Israeli Jews Herzliya Hebrew Gymnasium alumni Zionists Palmach members Jewish writers Brenner Prize recipients Israel Prize in literature recipients 2004 deaths Israeli male dramatists and playwrights Israeli novelists 20th-century novelists 20th-century Israeli dramatists and playwrights Members of the 9th Knesset (1977–1981) La'am politicians Recipients of Prime Minister's Prize for Hebrew Literary Works Burials at Kiryat Shaul Cemetery