Liebrecht, Savyon (1948–)

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Liebrecht, Savyon (1948–)

Israeli short-story writer. Born 1948 in Germany; dau. of Holocaust survivors.

Moved to Israel when young; wrote 4 story collections, published in Hebrew, including Tapuchim Me'Hamidbar (1986, trans. as Apples from the Desert, foreword by Grace Paley, 1998).