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Aharon Appelfeld

Israeli writer (1932-2018) · Israel · On the map · Writers · Died at 85

Aharon Appelfeld was an Israeli novelist and Holocaust survivor.

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2018Died4 January 20182012Independent Foreign Fiction PrizeAward2005Nelly Sachs PrizeAward2004Prix Médicis étrangerAward1983Israel PrizeAward1979Bialik PrizeAwardNational Jewish Book AwardsAward1977Newman PrizeAward1975Brenner PrizeAward1967Ussishkin PrizeAward1932Born16 February 1932

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Independent Foreign Fiction Prize2012
Nelly Sachs Prize2005
Prix Médicis étranger2004
Israel Prize1983
Bialik Prize1979
National Jewish Book Awards1979
Newman Prize1977
Brenner Prize1975
Ussishkin Prize1967
Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

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Country
Israel
Category
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1932 to 2018 · aged 85

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