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The Holocaust is a central event in many people's lives, but it has also become a metaphor for our century. There cannot be an end to speaking and writing about it.

Aharon Appelfeld

I like the paper. Writing, like every art, is a sensual art. You have to touch it, you have to feel it, to correct—always correct.

Aharon Appelfeld

I am not a member of a community or a synagogue. Really, my devotion to writing is my religion. There are other aspects of my religion, but mainly it is to be with myself, for many hours.

Aharon Appelfeld

Aharon Appelfeld

Aharon Appelfeld

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Born: February 16, 1932

Died: January 4, 2018 (aged 85)

Bio: Aharon Appelfeld was an Israeli novelist.

Known for:

Badenheim 1939 (1978)
The story of a life (1999)
Tzili (1983)
Suddenly, Love: A Novel (2014)
Blooms of Darkness (2006)

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