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Ethel Portnoy
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Dutch writer For other people with the name Portnoy, see Portnoy . Ethel Portnoy (March 8, 1927 – May 25, 2004) was a Dutch writer of prose, who wrote essays, columns, short stories, travel stories and several novels.
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dutch jewish writer
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dutch writer of prose
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