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Benjamin Tammuz
Benjamin Tammuz was born in Russia in 1919 and went to Palestine at the age of five. He studied law and economics at Tel Aviv and later attended the Sorbonne in Paris, where he stu...view moreBenjamin Tammuz was born in Russia in 1919 and went to Palestine at the age of five. He studied law and economics at Tel Aviv and later attended the Sorbonne in Paris, where he studied art history. Mr. Tammuz was a sculptor as well as a diplomat and a writer, and was for many years the literary editor of the Ha’aretz newspaper. His numerous novels and short stories have been widely translated from the Hebrew and have received several literary prizes. Minotaur was selected Book of the Year in England in 1981. He died in 1989.view less