A.B. Yehoshua

A.B. Yehoshua was born in 1936 in Jerusalem and today lives in Haifa.

He studied Hebrew literature and philosophy at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem. He has taught at high-school and university levels, and taught in Paris while living there from 1963 to 1967. He is a professor of literature at Haifa University. His novels include A Journey to the End of the Millennium, The Lover and A Woman in Jerusalem.

Best known as a novelist and playwright, A.B. Yehoshua is among the most internationally recognized Israeli authors .