Ruth Franklin and David Herman
Jewish Book Week: The Many Lives of Anne Frank
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This groundbreaking new biography explores Anne Frank’s transformation from an ordinary teenager into an enduring icon, whose diary—translated into over 70 languages— remains the most widely read literary work to emerge from the Holocaust. Award-winning author Ruth Franklin, known for A Thousand Darknesses and Shirley Jackson: A Rather Haunted Life, joins us to discuss her contribution to Yale’s Jewish Lives series. Comprehensive yet innovative, her biography aims to write alongside Anne rather than over her, restoring Anne’s humanity and agency in all their messiness, heroism, and complexity. Learn More
In partnership with the Jewish Literary Foundation.
Ruth Franklin
Ruth Franklin is the author of A Thousand Darknesses: Lies and Truth in Holocaust Fiction, a finalist for the Sami Rohr Prize for Jewish Literature, and of Shirley Jackson: A Rather Haunted Life, winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award for Biography. She lives in Brooklyn, NY. photo credit Anthony Delmundo
David Herman
David Herman is a freelance writer based in London. Over the past 20 years he has written almost a thousand articles, essays, and reviews on Jewish history and literature for publications including the Jewish Chronicle, the Jewish Quarterly, Jewish Renaissance, the Guardian, the New Statesman, and Prospect. He has taught courses on Jewish culture for the London Jewish Cultural Centre and JW3. He is a regular contributor to Jewish Book Week, the Association of Jewish Refugees, and the Insiders/Outsiders Festival on the contribution of Jewish refugees to British culture.