The writer and playwright AB Yehoshua is laid to rest Israel today newsrnd.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from newsrnd.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Avraham B. Yehoshua, one of Israel's most revered and prolific novelists and a vocal supporter of Palestinian rights, has died aged 85, Tel Aviv's Ichilov hospital said Tuesday.Yehoshua, who was born in Jerusalem in 1936 to parents with roots in Greece and Morocco, published his first collection of short stories in 1963.Decades of critically-acclaimed writing saw him win a string of international awards and his works translated into more than 30 languages.