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S. Yizhar
Wikipedia's first sentence called it “israeli writer and a great innovator in modern hebrew”. Today it says “israeli writer and politician”.
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Israeli writer and politician Yizhar Smilansky ( Hebrew : יִזְהָר סְמִילַנְסְקִי ; 27 September 1916 – 21 August 2006), known by his pen name S. Yizhar ( ס. יִזְהָר ), was an Israeli writer and politician. Widely regarded as one of the preeminent figures in Israeli literature , he was awarded the Israel Prize in 1959 for fine literature . He was also awarded several other prizes of national distinction. In his political life, Yizhar served in the Knesset under Mapai almost continuously from 1949–1967.
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israeli writer and a great innovator in modern hebrew
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israeli writer and politician
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