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André Schwarz-Bart
André Schwarz-Bart (1928–2006) was a French novelist of Polish-Jewish origins. André Schwarz-Bart is best known for his novel The Last of the Just (originally published as Le Dernier des justes). The book, which traces the story of a Jewish family from the time of the Crusades to the gas chambers o…
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André Schwarz-Bart (1928–2006) was a French novelist of Polish-Jewish origins.
André Schwarz-Bart is best known for his novel The Last of the Just (originally published as Le Dernier des justes). The book, which traces the story of a Jewish family from the time of the Crusades to the gas chambers of Auschwitz, earned Schwarz-Bart the Prix Goncourt in 1959. He won the Jerusalem Prize in 1967.
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