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A. B. Yehoshua

1936 - 2022

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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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. A. B. Yehoshua is the 1,600th most popular writer (down from 1,411th in 2019), the 142nd most popular biography from Israel and the 7th most popular Israeli Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, A. B. Yehoshua ranks 1,600 out of 7,302. Before him are Dick Bruna, Akka Mahadevi, Pacuvius, Mary Berry, Vicki Baum, and Konstantin Simonov. After him are Don DeLillo, Mustafa Balel, John Mandeville, Christian Morgenstern, Eliza Orzeszkowa, and Charles Paul de Kock.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1936, A. B. Yehoshua ranks 121. Before him are Yuan T. Lee, William Levada, Nicos Poulantzas, Duncan Edwards, Wilfried Martens, and Claude Brasseur. After him are Don DeLillo, Trần Đức Lương, Canaan Banana, Dean Stockwell, Aleida March, and Charles Dutoit. Among people deceased in 2022, A. B. Yehoshua ranks 105. Before him are Patrick Tambay, David Warner, Jürgen Grabowski, Valeri Polyakov, Borislav Ivkov, and Paula Rego. After him are Coolio, Don L. Lind, Mario Terán, Gal Costa, David Sassoli, and Radu Lupu.

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In Israel

Among people born in Israel, A. B. Yehoshua ranks 142 out of 466. Before him are Taqi al-Din al-Nabhani (1909), Yigael Yadin (1917), Alice of Champagne (1196), Shoghi Effendi (1897), Ghil'ad Zuckermann (1971), and Al-Hafiz (1074). After him are Dan Shechtman (1941), Ali Hassan Salameh (1940), Israel Tal (1924), Zahir al-Umar (1689), Angelus of Jerusalem (1185), and Procopius of Scythopolis (250).

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Among WRITERS In Israel

Among writers born in Israel, A. B. Yehoshua ranks 7. Before him are John the Evangelist (10), Amos Oz (1939), Mahmoud Darwish (1941), Edward Said (1935), Ghassan Kanafani (1936), and David Grossman (1954). After him are Emile Habibi (1922), Justus of Tiberias (35), Ahron Daum (1951), May Ziade (1886), Etgar Keret (1967), and Salma Khadra Jayyusi (1926).

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