The Name

Aharon Megged

1950

About two weeks before the birth was due, Grandfather Zisskind appeared in Raya and Yehuda’s home for the second time. His face was yellow, angry, and the light had faded from his eyes. He greeted them, but did not favor Raya with so much as a glance, as if he had pronounced a ban upon the sinner. Turning to Yehuda he said, “I wish to speak to you…

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Aharon Megged

1920–2016

Aharon Megged (born Greenberg) was born in Wloclawek, Poland, and went as a child to Palestine, where his father was a teacher. He lived on kibbutz Sdot Yam, served as cultural attaché in London from 1968 to 1971, and was writer-in-residence at Oxford and Haifa universities. He served as president of the Israeli branch of PEN from 1980 to 1987 and was a founder and editor of the literary journal Masa. He was a novelist, short-story writer, playwright, and translator.

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