Up Close and Personal with A. B. Yehoshua

Published by the Dan David Prize committee, this clip (3:14) introduces one of Israel’s most beloved and internationally acclaimed writers: A. B. Yehoshua. Yehoshua has been hailed by the New York Times as the “Israeli Faulkner” and has been the recipient of many prestigious awards including the Israel Prize, the Los Angeles Book Prize, and the Dan David Prize. He is a best-selling novelist, essayist, and playwright whose works have been translated into twenty-eight languages.