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          Born in Palestine, Levin's Polish parents survived the Holocaust....

          Hanoch Levin's The Torments of Job refigures the biblical story of Job as nihilistic and abject tragedy.

        1. Hanoch Levin's The Torments of Job refigures the biblical story of Job as nihilistic and abject tragedy.
        2. I received an email from a Dharma friend in Israel recommending I read playwright/poet, Hanoch Levin (), who lived in Tel Aviv.
        3. Born in Palestine, Levin's Polish parents survived the Holocaust.
        4. Although Hanoch Levin (–) is arguably Israel's most important playwright, his work is almost unknown in the English-speaking world.
        5. Israeli playwright and director Hanoch Levin was one of the most original and innovative writers of his generation.

          6. Hanoch Levin

          Israeli dramatist, theater director, author and poet (1943–1999)

          Hanoch Levin

          Levin, 1982. From the Dan Hadani collection, National Library of Israel

          Born(1943-12-18)December 18, 1943

          Tel Aviv, Israel

          DiedAugust 18, 1999(1999-08-18) (aged 55)

          Tel Aviv, Israel

          CitizenshipIsraeli
          Alma materTel Aviv University
          Occupation(s)Dramatist, theater director, author, and poet
          Children4
          Awards1994 Bialik Prize for literature

          Hanoch Levin (Hebrew: חנוך לוין; December 18, 1943 – August 18, 1999) was an Israeli dramatist, theater director, author and poet, best known for his plays.

          His absurdist style is often compared to the work of Harold Pinter and Samuel Beckett.[1]

          Biography

          Levin was born in 1943 to Malka and Israel Levin, who immigrated to then-British Mandate of Palestine in 1935 (now Israel) from Łódź, Poland.

          He grew up in a religious Jewish home in the Neve Sha'anan neighborhood in southe