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Aharon Appelfeld’s work is
among the most profound
literary explorations of the
Holocaust and has met with
great international, critical
and popular acclaim. In this
session, he talks about the
role of fiction in shaping our
image of the Holocaust, and
explores some of the major
themes of his work: the
recovery of childhood and
memory, the creation of
place, and the religious
stance of the Holocaust
writer.
Aharon Appelfeld was born in
Romania and sent to a concentration
camp at the age of eight. He escaped
and, after three years in hiding, joined
the Russian army. In 1946 he emigrated
to Palestine. His thirty works of fiction
include Badenheim 1939 (1981),
The Immortal Bartfuss (1988) and The
Conversation (1998). He was awarded
the Israel Prize for Literature in 1983.
Risa Domb is Director of the Centre for
Modern Hebrew Studies at Cambridge
University and author of Home
Thoughts from Abroad (1995).
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