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Daniel Katz

Contributor

Daniel Katz

Daniel Katz was born in Helsinki in 1938. He worked as a Jewish history teacher at the Jewish School in Helsinki, and in Haifa, Israel, as a driller on subway construction. His first commercially successful novel, Kun isoisä Suomeen hiihti [When Grandfather Skied to Finland], a humorous description of Katz's family history and Finland's entry into World War II, has been translated into nine languages, while his novel Saksalainen sikakoira [Schweinehund], offering insight into the causes of the Holocaust and the rebirth of fascism, is available in six languages. He lives in Loviisa, Finland.

Articles by Daniel Katz

The Weight of Words
By Daniel Katz
The first volume of Bogumil Linde’s Polish-language encyclopedia (Abakus–gulasz) hit his head with a thump.
Translated from Finnish by Lola Rogers
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