Hendel, Yehudit (1926–)
Hendel, Yehudit (1926–)
Israeli novelist and short-story writer. Born 1926 in Warsaw, Poland; studied in Haifa.
Major writer of the 1950s whose works include Anashim Acherim (1950), Rechob Ha'Madregot (1956), The Yard of Momo the Great (1969, reissued as The Last Hamsin, 1993), and They are Different (1951, 2000). Received Israeli Prize for Literature (2003).
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BORN: 1870, Akyab, Burma
DIED: 1916, Beaumont-Hamel, France
NATIONALITY: French
GENRE: Fiction
MAJOR WORKS:
Reginald in Russia (1910)
The Chroni…
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