Akiva Vroman
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Biography
Vroman was born in the NetherlandNetherland
Netherland is a critically acclaimed novel by Joseph O'Neill. It concerns the life of a Dutchman living in New York in the wake of the September 11 attacks who takes up cricket and starts playing at the Staten Island Cricket Club.-Plot summary:...
in 1912, He emigrated to the then British Mandate of Palestine (now Israel
Israel
The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...
) in 1940, having previously lived there in mid-1930s.
See also
- List of Israel Prize recipients
- VromanVromanVroman can be several things:* Vroman's Bookstore, an independent bookstore in Southern California.* The Vroman effect, named after Leo Vroman* Vroman's Nose, a prominent geological feature in Schoharie County, New York.- People :...