National Book Award for Fiction — The National Book Award for Fiction has been given since 1950, as part of the National Book Awards, which are given annually by the National Book Foundation. Of all the awards given, the Fiction award is the only one that has been given… … Wikipedia
UNITED STATES LITERATURE — The Influence of the Bible and Hebrew Culture The Jewish influence on American literary expression predated the actual arrival of Jews in the United States in 1654, for the Puritan culture of New England was marked from the outset by a deep… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Cynthia Ozick — (* 17. April 1928 in New York City) ist eine US amerikanische Schriftstellerin jüdischer Herkunft. In Romanen und Erzählungen, die reich an phantastischen und komischen Elementen sind, sowie in einer Fülle pointierter Essays fragt sie nach den… … Deutsch Wikipedia
Ozick — Cynthia Ozick (* 17. April 1928 in New York City) ist eine US amerikanische Schriftstellerin jüdischer Herkunft. In Romanen und Erzählungen, die reich an phantastischen und komischen Elementen sind, sowie in einer Fülle pointierter Essays fragt… … Deutsch Wikipedia
Ozick, Cynthia — born April 17, 1928, New York, N.Y., U.S. U.S. novelist and short story writer. She graduated from New York University and received an M.A. from Ohio State University. She wrote often on Jewish themes, and much of her work presents a struggle… … Universalium
Golem — In Jewish folklore, a golem (גולם, sometimes, as in Yiddish, pronounced goilem ) is an animated being created entirely from inanimate matter. In modern Hebrew the word golem literally means cocoon , but can also mean fool , silly , or even stupid … Wikipedia
Cynthia Ozick — Cynthia Ozick, essayiste, critique et romancière américaine, est née le 17 avril 1928 à New York. Elle est un des auteurs les plus connus de la littérature juive américaine et surtout connue pour ses écrits sur la vie des juifs… … Wikipédia en Français
Xanthippe — ( el. Ξανθίππη) was the wife of Socrates and mother of their three sons Lamprocles, Sophroniscus, and Menexenus. There are far more stories about her than there are facts. She was likely much younger than the philosopher, perhaps by as much as… … Wikipedia
literature — /lit euhr euh cheuhr, choor , li treuh /, n. 1. writings in which expression and form, in connection with ideas of permanent and universal interest, are characteristic or essential features, as poetry, novels, history, biography, and essays. 2.… … Universalium
OZICK, CYNTHIA — (1928– ), U.S. writer, best known for literature exploring the opposition between the Jewish and the pagan worlds and the problem of what it means to be a Jew in the U.S. diaspora. Ozick was born in New York to Yiddish speaking Russian Jewish… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
