A. B. Yehoshua

A. B. Yehoshua
Yehoshua in 2017
Yehoshua in 2017
BornAvraham Gabriel Yehoshua
(1936-12-09)December 9, 1936
Jerusalem, Mandatory Palestine
DiedJune 14, 2022(2022-06-14) (aged 85)
Tel Aviv, Israel[1]
Occupation
  • Novelist
  • essayist
  • short story writer
  • playwright
NationalityIsraeli
Alma materHebrew University of Jerusalem (BA, 1961)
Teachers College (1962)
Sorbonne (MA, French Literature)
Literary movementIsraeli "New Wave"
Notable worksMr. Mani (1990); The Lover (1977); "Facing the Forest"
Notable awardsACUM 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
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(m. 1960; died 2016)​
Yehoshua's voice
recorded April 2017

Avraham Gabriel "Boolie" 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]

  1. ^ "Renowned Israeli writer A.B. Yehoshua died at 85, Tel Aviv's Ichilov Hospital said on Tuesday." - https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/culture/2022-06-14/ty-article/.premium/renowned-israeli-writer-a-b-yehoshua-dies-at-85/00000181-60cb-d525-af97-f0ffefb50000 https://www.ynet.co.il/entertainment/article/rJptltr1d
  2. ^ "AB Yehoshua obituary". The Guardian. June 15, 2022. Retrieved June 18, 2022.
  3. ^ "Extra strong". The Jerusalem Post | JPost.com. November 12, 2014.
  4. ^ The Final Despair – and Hope – of A.B. Yehoshua, Haaretz