David Shahar

1926–1997 (age 71)

Biography

David Shahar (Hebrew: דוד שחר; 1926-1997) was an Israeli fiction writer, translator, and editor best known for his depiction of old Jerusalem in the multi-volume historical saga The Palace of Shattered Vessels (1968–94).

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