What is Aharon Appelfeld?
{{Infobox writer <!-- For more information see [[:Template:Infobox Writer/doc]]. --> | name = Aharon Appelfeld | image = Aharon Appelfeld, Aharon Appelfeld, Rencontre et entretien Marc Rettel-003.jpg | image_size = 200px | alt = | caption = Appelfeld at a conference in Espace culturel Cité, Luxembourg City, 2014. | pseudonym = | birth_name = | birth_date = {{Birth date|1932|2|16}} | birth_place = [[Stara Zhadova|Jadova]], [[Kingdom of Romania|Romania]] (now [[Ukraine]]) | death_date = {{dda|2018|1|4|1932|2|16}} | death_place = [[Mevaseret Zion]], [[Jerusalem]] | resting_place = | occupation = Novelist | language = [[Hebrew language|Hebrew]] | nationality = | ethnicity = | citizenship = Israeli | education = | alma_mater = The [[Hebrew University of Jerusalem]] | period = | genre = | subject = | movement = | notableworks = | spouse = | partner = | children = | relatives = | influences = | influenced = | awards = * [[Bialik Prize]] * [[Israel Prize]] * [[National Jewish Book Award]] * Foreign Honorary Member of the [[American Academy of Arts and Sciences]] * [[Prix Médicis]] * [[Nelly Sachs Prize]] | signature = | signature_alt = | website = | portaldisp = }} '''Aharon Appelfeld''' ({{lang-he-n|אהרן אפלפלד}}; born '''Ervin Appelfeld''';<ref>{{cite book |last=Shavit |first=Ari |date=2013 |title=My Promised Land: The Triumph and Tragedy of Israel |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zbPudMBp5yYC&pg=PT165 |location=New York |publisher=Spiegel & Grau |pages=[https://books.google.com/books?id=zbPudMBp5yYC&pg=PT165 165], [https://books.google.com/books?id=zbPudMBp5yYC&pg=PT179 153] |isbn=9780385521703 |oclc=868556330 |access-date=9 February 2014}}</ref> February 16, 1932 – January 4, 2018) was a Romanian-born Israeli [[novelist]] and [[Holocaust]] survivor. He lived in [[Mevaseret Zion]] and taught literature at [[Ben-Gurion University of the Neg