Savyon Liebrecht (

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: סביון ליברכט; born 13 January 1948) is an

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author. She was born in Munich, Germany, to Polish

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as Sabine Sosnowski, the eldest of three children. She emigrated to Israel in 1950. Liebrecht studied journalism in London, United Kingdom, for one year and received a baccalaureate from

Tel Aviv University Tel Aviv University (TAU) ( he, אוּנִיבֶרְסִיטַת תֵּל אָבִיב, ''Universitat Tel Aviv'') is a public research university in Tel Aviv, Israel. With over 30,000 students, it is the largest university in the country. Locate ...

. In 1971, Liebrecht married, and in 1977 she had a daughter and, later, a son.

Works

Her published works include: * Apples from the Desert: Selected Stories, Feminist Press, 2000 * A Man and a Woman and a Man: A Novel, Persea Books, 2003, * A Good Place for the Night: Stories, Persea Books, 2006, * The Women My Father Knew: A Novel, Persea Books, 2010, * Horses on the Highway: Stories,Crown, 1988,

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