Yitzhak Orpaz
Israeli writer (1921–2015)
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| Born | (1921-10-15)October 15, 1921 Zinkiv, Ukraine |
| Died | (aged 93) |
| Nationality | Israeli |
| Children | 4 |
Yitshak Orpaz (Hebrew: יצחק אוורבוך אורפז; 15 October 1921 – 14 August 2015) was an Israeli writer.[1]
Biography
Yitzhak Orpaz was born in Zinkiv, Ukraine, at the time USSR. He immigrated to Mandate Palestine at the age of 17. He enlisted in the British Army during the Second World War and served in the Jewish Brigade. He served in the Israel Defense Forces during the 1947–1949 Palestine war. After the war he served in the regular army. He studied philosophy and Hebrew literature at Tel Aviv University.
His first book Wild Grass was published in 1959.
Awards
In 2005, Orpaz was awarded the Israel Prize for literature.[2]
See also
References
External links
- Yitzhak Orpaz Archived 23 February 2005 at the Wayback Machine bibliography at the Institute for Translation of Hebrew Literature.
- Israel Prize Official Site - CV of Yitzhak Orpaz-Auerbach (in Hebrew)
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