A. B. Yehoshua
A. B. Yehoshua | |
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Yehoshua in 2017 | |
| Native name | אברהם גבריאל "בולי" יהושע |
| Born | Avraham Gabriel Yehoshua December 9, 1936 Jerusalem, Mandatory Palestine |
| Died | June 14, 2022 (aged 85) Tel Aviv, Israel |
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| Nationality | Israeli |
| Alma mater | Hebrew University of Jerusalem (BA, 1961) Teachers College (1962) Sorbonne (MA, French Literature) |
| Literary movement | Israeli "New Wave" |
| Notable works | Mr. Mani (1990); The Lover (1977); "Facing the Forest" |
| Notable awards | ACUM 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
(m. 1960; died 2016) |
Avraham Gabriel "Boolie" Yehoshua (Hebrew: אברהם גבריאל "בולי" יהושע; December 9, 1936 – June 14, 2022) was an Israeli novelist, essayist, and playwright. The New York Times called him the "Israeli Faulkner". 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.