Aharon Appelfeld
Novelist
Aharon Appelfeld was born in Stara Zhadova, Chernivtsi Oblast, Ukraine on February 16th, 1932 and is the Novelist. At the age of 85, Aharon Appelfeld biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.
Date of Birth
February 16, 1932
Nationality
Israel
Place of Birth
Stara Zhadova, Chernivtsi Oblast, Ukraine
Death Date
Jan 4, 2018 (age 85)
Zodiac Sign
Aquarius
Profession
Prosaist, University Teacher, Writer
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Education
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
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Aharon Appelfeld Life
Aharon Appelfeld (born Ervin Appelfeld, 1932–January 4, 2018) was an Israeli novelist and Holocaust survivor.
Aharon Appelfeld Awards
Awards and honors
- 1975 Brenner Prize for literature.
- 1979 Bialik Prize for literature (jointly with Avot Yeshurun).
- 1983 Israel Prize for literature.
- 1989 National Jewish Book Award for Fiction for Badenheim 1939 (ISBN 0-87923-799-6 ),
- 1989 National Jewish Book Award for Fiction for The Immortal Bartfuss
- 1997 Foreign Honorary Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
- 1998 National Jewish Book Award for Fiction for The Iron Tracks
- 2004 Prix Médicis (foreign works category) for his autobiography, The Story of a Life: A Memoir (2003, ISBN 0-8052-4178-7)
- 2011 National Jewish Book Award for Fiction for Until the Dawn’s Light
- 2012 Independent Foreign Fiction Prize for Blooms of Darkness: at the time, Appelfeld was the oldest ever recipient of the prize
- 2016 Sydney Taylor Book Award for the children's book "Adam and Thomas"