Hanna Senesh

Aharon Megged

1958

[When the lights come up again we’re in a courtroom. Three colonels at the judges’ table. On one side, prosecutor Matzkas, and Simon, a military judge. On the other side defense attorney Devcsery. Opposite them, in the dock, Hanna. At some distance, away from the courthouse, the Mother sits by herself.]

Judge:

[Lowers the gavel.] The accused, Hanna…

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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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