Michael Lev

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Michael Lev

Michael (Mishe) Lev (3 July 1917 - 23 May 2013) was a Yiddish language writer.

Lev was born in Pohrebysche,^[1] Ukraine. He studied Yiddish language and literature in Moscow, and worked at a Yiddish publishing house, where his first publications appeared. During World War II Lev fought in the Russian army, was taken prisoner, escaped, and joined the partisans.^[1] His wartime experiences became the main theme of his writings. He published 17 books in Yiddish, Russian and Hebrew.^[2] He died, aged 95, in Rehovot, Israel.

References

↑ 1.0 1.1 Krutikov, Mikhail.Michael Lev, Sobibor, and Soviet Yiddish Culture, Introduction to Sobibor (2007)
↑ "צום אָנדענק פֿון מישע לעוו ע״ה". yiddish.forward.com. Retrieved 2013-05-26.

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Name	Lev, Michael
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Date of birth	1917
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Date of death	23 May 2013
Place of death	Rehovot, Israel

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