Gradually, he became the representative of the "rebel" group that rebelled against the poetry of Bialik and his generation, expressing a particular aversion to what was seen as their characteristic clichés.
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In 1946, Shlonsky received the Tchernichovsky Prize for exemplary translation, for his translations of the novel Eugene Onegin by Alexander Pushkin and the play Hamlet by Shakespeare.
Avraham Yaski | Avraham Herzfeld | Avraham Yehoshua Heshel | Avraham Yaakov Finkel | Avraham Stern | Avraham Shlonsky | Avraham Poraz | Avraham Oz | Avraham Kalmanowitz | Avraham Granot | Avraham Ben-Shoshan | Avraham Bar-Am |
This group was led by Avraham Shlonsky, and was characterised by adhering to Symbolism especially in its Russian Acmeist form, and rejecting the style of Hebrew poetry that was common among the older generation, particularly that of Haim Nachman Bialik.