Aharon Appelfeld

Aharon Appelfeld
Born(1932-02-16)February 16, 1932
Jadova, Romania (now Ukraine)
DiedJanuary 4, 2018(2018-01-04) (aged 85)
Petah Tikva, near Tel Aviv, Israel[1]
OccupationNovelist
LanguageHebrew
CitizenshipIsraeli
Alma materThe Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Notable awards

Aharon Appelfeld (Hebrew: אהרן אפלפלד; born Ervin Appelfeld;[2] February 16, 1932 – January 4, 2018) was an Israeli novelist and Holocaust survivor.

  1. ^ Aharon Appelfeld, Holocaust survivor who chronicled its traumas, dies at 85, The Washington Post
  2. ^ Shavit, Ari (2013). My Promised Land: The Triumph and Tragedy of Israel. New York: Spiegel & Grau. pp. 165, 153. ISBN 9780385521703. OCLC 868556330. Retrieved 9 February 2014.