Three Yiddish and two Hebrew writers were the winners today of the annual $500 Louis LaMed Literary Prizes for the best works published in Yiddish and Hebrew in the United States during the past year.
The Yiddish writers awarded prizes are: J. Rolnick, H. Rosenblatt and Bezalel Sherman. The first two received the awards for books of poetry. Mr. Sherman was cited for his book, “Jews and Other Ethnic Groups in the United States.”
The Hebrew winners were Harry Sackler — for a volume of short stories, “Rainbow in the Clouds” — and Daniel Persky — for a book of essays. Mr. Sackler received the prize for the third time. The prizes will be presented at a public celebration in New York to be held toward the end of this year.
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