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British writer (1929–1998)
Chaim Icyk Bermant
Born (1929-02-26 ) 26 February 1929Breslev, Poland
Died 20 January 1998(1998-01-20) (aged 68)Hampstead Garden Suburb, London, England
Alma mater University of Glasgow London School of Economics
Chaim Icyk Bermant (26 February 1929 – 20 January 1998) was a British-based journalist, and author. Born in
Braslav ,
Belarus , he spent much of his childhood in Barovke,
Latvia , and Scotland. He was educated at
Queen's Park Secondary School in
Glasgow ,
Glasgow University , where he graduated in economics, and the
London School of Economics .
He contributed regularly to
The Jewish Chronicle and occasionally to the national press, particularly
The Observer . An
Orthodox Jew and supporter of
Israel , he was freely critical of both. He wrote several novels and non-fiction works, mostly on the quirks of British Jewish society.
Biography
Chaim Icyk Bermant was born on 26 February 1929 in Breslev,
Poland .
[1] His father was a
Rabbi .
[2]
Bermant studied at the
University of Glasgow and the
London School of Economics .
[3]
Bermant married Judith Rose Weil on 16 December 1962 at Adath Israel Synagogue in
Stoke Newington ,
London .
[1] Together they had four children: Aliza, Evie, Azriel and Daniel Bermant.
Bermant died on 20 January 1998 in
Hampstead Garden Suburb , London from a
myocardial infarction .
[1]
Works
Fiction
Jericho Sleep Alone (1964)
Ben Preserve Us (1965)
Berl Make Tea (1965)
Diary Of An Old Man (1966)
Swinging In The Rain (1967)
Here Endeth The Lesson (1969)
Now Dowager (1971)
Roses are Blooming in Picardy (1972)
The Last Supper (1973)
The Walled Garden (1975)
The Second Mrs Whitberg (1976)
The Squire Of Bor Shachor (1977)
Now Newman Was Old (1978)
Belshazzar (1979)
The Patriarch (1981)
House Of Women (1983)
Dancing Bear (1984)
The Companion (1987)
Titch (1987)
Non-fiction
Israel (1967) "New Nations and Peoples Library" series
Troubled Eden: An Anatomy of British Jewry (1969)
The Cousinhood: The Anglo-Jewish Gentry (1971)
Point of Arrival: A Study of London's East End (1975)
The Jews (1977)
Ebla: An Archaeological Enigma (1979) co-authored with Michael Weitzman
On The Other Hand (1982)
What's the Joke: A Study of Jewish Humour through the Ages (1986)
Lord Jakobovits: An Authorized Biography of the Chief Rabbi (1990)
Murmurings of A Licensed Heretic (1990)
Autobiography
Coming Home (1976)
Genesis: A Latvian Childhood (1998)
References
External links
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