The winners of the Matyas Stoliar prize for the best Yiddish books published in 1954 were announced here today. The prize, divided into two equal shares each amounting to 10,000 Argentine pesos, went to Abraham Sack for his book. “Umruh Fun Yahren” (The Unrest of the Years) and to I. Hirschho it for “Yiddishe Naft Magnaten” Jewish Oil Magnates).
The prizes will be awarded at a public ceremony to be held on July 11, the anniversary of the death of Matyas Stoliar, who was the editor and publisher of “Die Yiddishe Zeitung, “largest Jewish daily newspaper in Latin America. The jury made its selection from among twenty-five works submitted.
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