Yehoshua Kenaz

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Yehoshua Kenaz (born 1937, Petah Tikva, Israel) is an Israeli novelist. Kenaz studied Philosophy and Romance languages at the Hebrew University, and French literature at the Sorbonne. A translator of French classics into Hebrew, he has worked on the editorial staff of the Ha'aretz newspaper. Kenaz currently lives in Tel Aviv. He was awarded the Alterman Prize in 1991, the Newman Prize in 1992, the Agnon Prize (1993), the Acum Prize (1994) and the Bialik Prize (1995). His books are outstanding bestsellers in Israel.^{[citation needed]}