Aharon Appelfeld was born on February 16, 1932 in Jadova, Storojinet, Romania [now Stara Zhadova, Chernivtsi Oblast, Ukraine]. He was a writer, known for
Tsili (2014),
Vers où Israël? (2012) and
Beyond Paranoia: The War Against the Jews (2015). He was married to Judith. He died on January 4, 2018 in Petah Tikva, Israel.