Chaim Potok
1929
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2002
photo credits: Wikimedia Commons
country of citizenship: United States of America
languages spoken, written or signed: English
educated at: University of Pennsylvania, Yeshiva University, Salanter Akiba Riverdale Academy, Marsha Stern Talmudical Academy, Jewish Theological Seminary of America, Yeshiva College (Yeshiva University)
occupation: playwright, rabbi, translator, novelist, writer, screenwriter, Bible translator, children's writer
award received: honorary doctor of the University of Miami, Athenaeum Literary Award
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Chaim Potok (February 17, 1929 – July 23, 2002) was an American author, novelist, playwright, editor and rabbi. Of the more than a dozen novels he authored, his first book The Chosen (1967) was listed on The New York Times’ bestseller list for 39 weeks and sold more than 3,400,000 copies, and was adapted into a well-received 1981 feature film by the same title. Source: Wikipedia (en)
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