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A. B. Yehoshua
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Israeli writer (1936–2022)
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A. B. Yehoshua was an Israeli writer, pedagogue, playwright, and screenwriter born in Jerusalem in 1936. He was educated at Gymnasia Rehavia and the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. His career included teaching positions at the University of Haifa and the University of Chicago. He was a member of the Israeli Labor Party and wrote in Hebrew and English.
Yehoshua received several awards, including the Bialik Prize, the Israel Prize, the Prix Médicis étranger, and the Dan David Prize. His notable works include *One for Each Night*, *Only Daughter*, *Le Responsable Des Ressources Humaines*, *Pre-Genesis*, and *Liberated Bride*. He was influenced by William Faulkner.
He died of cancer at the Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center in Tel Aviv in 2022. He was buried at Ein Carmel. He had three children.
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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 15
Top works
- One for Each Night
- Only Daughter
- Le Responsable Des Ressources Humaines (Ldp Litterature) (French Edition)
- Pre-Genesis
- Liberated Bride
via Open Library + Wikidata
Film & TV
Born from a family of Sephardic jews. With Amos Oz, Jehoshua is Israel's most prominent writer. Published four novels, essays and short stories. His third novel, Molcho, is considered his international breakthrough, with successful publications of translations in the US, Italy, France and the UK.
Known for
- A History of Antisemitism — Self - Writer2022
- Histoires d'Israël — Lui-même2018
- Kike Like Me2007
- Mr. Mani1996
via TMDB
Key facts
- Native name
- אברהם גבריאל "בולי" יהושע סער מילר
- 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
- Occupation
- Novelist essayist short story writer playwright
- 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 ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1960 ; died 2016 )
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Ibrahim
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Israel
- Place of birth
- Jerusalem
- Place of death
- Tel Aviv
- Occupation
- screenwriter
- Educated at
- Gymnasia Rehavia
- Employer
- University of Haifa
- Political party
- Israeli Labor Party
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- Hebrew
- Image
- A B Yehoshua DSC0153.jpg
- Number of children
- 3
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- Commons category
- A.B. Yehoshua
- date of birth
- 1936-12-09
- pseudonym
- א. ב. יהושע
- influenced by
- William Faulkner
- date of death
- 2022-06-14
- name in native language
- אַבְרָהָם גַּבְרִיאֵל יְהוֹשֻׁעַ
- manner of death
- natural causes
- cause of death
- cancer
- place of burial
- Ein Carmel
- archives at
- National Library of Israel
- start of work period
- 1957-00-00
Sources (9)
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Encyclopedic overview
Avraham Gabriel "Boolie" Yehoshua (Hebrew: אברהם גבריאל "בולי" יהושע; December 9, 1936 – June 14, 2022) was an Israeli novelist, essayist, and playwright. The New York Times called him the "Israeli Faulkner". 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.
Biography
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