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Howard Jacobson

Who

Howard Jacobson · Arts & Literature

What

Author

When

1942, Manchester, United Kingdom

Where

United Kingdom

Biography

Howard Jacobson is recognized among Jewish contributors to Arts & Literature — Author

How & why

Howard Jacobson is a British novelist and columnist known for comic fiction exploring Jewish identity in Britain, who won the 2010 Booker Prize for 'The Finkler Question'. Born into a Jewish family in Manchester, he has often been called the 'English Philip Roth'. He is Jewish.

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Source: Jinfo.org — Jewish Authors

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Source: Jinfo.org — Jewish Authors