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André Schwarz-Bart
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Andre Schwarz-Bart was a French novelist of Polish-Jewish ancestry. He was awarded the Prix Goncourt for his debut novel in 1959 and the Jerusalem Prize in 1967. Born in 1928 and dying in 2006, he is best known for his novel The Last of the Just. His parents moved to France in 1924, and he was born in Metz a few years later. His first language was Yiddish, and after his parents were deported to Auschwitz in 1941 he joined the Resistance while still a teenager. His debut novel chronicles Jewish history through the eyes of a wounded survivor.
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was a French novelist of Polish-Jewish ancestry
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André Schwarz-Bart (May 23, 1928
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September 30, 2006) was a French novelist of Polish-Jewish ancestry. He was awarded the Prix Goncourt for his debut novel in 1959, and the 1967 Jerusalem Prize.
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The Last of the Just is a post-war novel by André Schwarz-Bart originally published in French (as Le Dernier des justes) in 1959
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