Yohanan Twersky, Israeli author, editor and educator, died here yesterday at the age of 67. Mr. Twersky, who was noted for his historical novels, won the Lamed literary prize in the United States in 1945. He was editor of the Dvir publishing house here and of Hachinuch, review of educational psychology. Born in Berlin, Mr. Twersky was educated at the Philosophical and Religious Academy there and at Harvard University. He settled in Israel in 1947.
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