Zvi Jagendorf
Zvi Jagendorf (Hebrew צבי יגנדורף; born February 18, 1936, in Vienna, Austria) is an Israeli writer. Together with his parents, Zvi Jagendorf managed to escape Austria to the United Kingdom in 1939.[1] He studied English literature at Oxford University[2] and emigrated to Israel after graduating in 1958. Jagendorf taught English literature and theater studies at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.[3] He has also appeared as an actor, theater critic and translator, but he became known to a larger audience as the author of numerous short stories and two novels. His autobiographically inspired 2001 debut novel, Wolfy and the Strudelbakers was nominated for the Booker Prize[1] and the Wingate Prize[3] and awarded the Sagittarius Prize.
His second novel, Coming Soon: The Flood, is set in 1960s Jerusalem.
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Zvi Jagendorf". The Booker Prizes. Retrieved 2022-10-26.
- ^ "Coming Soon: The Flood". Halban Publishers. Retrieved 2022-10-27.
- ^ a b Herman, David (2018-11-15). "Book review: Coming Soon: The Flood". Retrieved 2022-10-27.
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