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Yoram Kaniuk

Yoram Kaniuk, the author of Commander of the Exodus, was born in Tel Aviv in 1930 and took part in Israel’s War of Independence in 1948. A painter, journalist, and theater critic, he is best known as a novelist. His books have been translated to great acclaim in twenty languages and have earned him the Bialik Prize, the French Prix de Droits de l’Homme, and the Israeli President’s Prize.

Praise

“Perhaps the greatest writer to fable himself out of Israel and onto the international scene since the tragic early death of the genius Yaakov Shabtai_The Last Jew is his masterpiece, a book for the ages.” —Jewish Book World