WRITING FROM ISRAEL: Zygmunt Frankel

WRITING FROM ISRAEL
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Zygmunt Frankel

Described as "a cynic with a human face", Zygmunt Frankel (1929-1997) was born in Poland, grew up (deported) in Siberia, and lived in England before settling in Israel in time to participate in the Sinai, Six-Day and Yom Kippur wars. Israel - seen with an affectionate but critical eye - provides the background to about half his writing.
His novel "Short War, Short Lives" was published by Abelard-Schuman in New York. Stories and poems were published in Transatlantic Review, London Magazine, Adam International Review, The European, Tel-Aviv Review and other English, American and Israeli literary magazines. A collection of short stories appeared in Hebrew translation and "The Octopus", an award-winning short novel about the Kfar Kassem massacre of Arab villagers, was published in Arabic.
Frankel was also a painter, printer, translator, sculptor, editor, photographer and - last but not least - an accomplished automation engineer.

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