Miriam Akavia

Miriam Akavia
מרים עקביה
Born
Matylda Weinfeld

(1927-11-20)20 November 1927
Kraków, Poland
Died16 January 2015(2015-01-16) (aged 87)
Alma materTel Aviv University
OccupationsWriter, Translator, Holocaust Survivor
Known forHolocaust memoirs and novels
AwardsYad Vashem Prize (1978), Prime Minister's Prize for Hebrew Literary Works (1993)

Miriam Akavia also Matylda Weinfeld (Hebrew: מרים עקביה‎; 20 November 1927 – 16 January 2015) was a Polish-born Israeli writer and translator, a Holocaust survivor, and the president of the Platform for Jewish-Polish Dialogue.

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