Chaim Potok

1929 - 2002

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

Chaim Potok (February 17, 1929 – July 23, 2002) was an American author, novelist, playwright, editor and rabbi. Of the more than 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 which was adapted into a well-received 1981 feature film by the same title. Source: Wikipedia (en)