A. B. Yehoshua
Israeli novelist, essayist, and playwright (1936–2022) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Avraham Gabriel Yehoshua (Hebrew: אברהם גבריאל (בולי) יהושע; December 9, 1936 – June 14, 2022[2]) was an Israeli novelist, essayist, and playwright. The New York Times called him the "Israeli Faulkner".[3] Underlying themes in Yehoshua's work are Jewish identity, the tense relations with non-Jews, the conflict between the older and younger generations, and the clash between religion and politics.[4]
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Born | Avraham Gabriel Yehoshua (1936-12-09)December 9, 1936 Jerusalem, Mandatory Palestine |
Died | June 14, 2022(2022-06-14) (aged 85) Tel Aviv, Israel[1] |
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Nationality | Israeli |
Alma mater | Hebrew University of Jerusalem (BA, 1961) Teachers College (1962) Sorbonne (MA, French Literature) |
Literary movement | Israeli "New Wave" |
Notable works | Mr. Mani (1990); The Lover (1977); "Facing the Forest" |
Notable awards | ACUM Prize 1961 National Jewish Book Award 1990, 1993 Israel Prize for Literature 1995 Los Angeles Times Book Prize 2006 A Woman in Jerusalem |
Spouse |
Rivka Kirsninski
(m. 1960; died 2016) |
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