One American and two Israeli authors were the recipients here today of the Zvi Kesel Prize for the best works in Jewish literature during 1956. The American is Benjamin J. Byalostosky, Yiddish poet and essayist of New York. The Israelis are Zvi Eisenman, Hebrew novelist of kibbutz Jagur, and B.Mordecai. Hebrew poet of Tel Aviv. The prize, worth $250, was voted by a jury of the cultural committee of the Jewish Central Committee of Mexico.
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