Emanuel Litvinoff

Emanuel Litvinoff was a British writer and wellknown figure in AngloJewish literature, known for novels, short stories, poetry, plays and human rights campaigning.

Litvinoffs early years in what he frequently described as the Jewish ghetto in the East End of London made him very conscious of his Jewish identity, a subject he explored throughout his literary career. Litvinoff was born to Russian Jewish parents who emigrated from Odessa to Whitechapel, London, in 1915. His father was repatriated to Russia to fight for the czar and never returned he is thought to have been killed in the revolution of 1917. Litvinoff was the second of nine children. One of his brothers was the historian Barnet Litvinoff and his halfbrother was David Litvinoff.

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