Yitzhak Orpaz Explained

Yitzhak Orpaz
Birth Date:15 October 1921
Birth Place:Zinkiv, Ukraine
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]

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Notes and References

  1. News: http://www.haaretz.co.il/1.2708335 . he:מת הסופר יצחק אוורבוך־אורפז . 15 August 2015 . . he . איזיקוביץ . גילי .
  2. Web site: Israel Prize Judges' Rationale for the Award. Hebrew. Israel Prize Official Site. https://web.archive.org/web/20101021011610/http://cms.education.gov.il/EducationCMS/Units/PrasIsrael/Tashsah/YitzhakOrpaz/OrpazNimokim.htm. 21 October 2010. dead.