Chaim GradeChaim Grade (1910-82) was one of the leading Yiddish writers of the 20th century. He is the author of the acclaimed novels, The Agunah (1961, tr. 1974) and The Yeshiva (2 vol., 1967–68, tr. 1976–7), and the winner of two NationalJewish Book Awards. He was praised by Elie Wiesel as 'one of the great-if not the greatest-of living Yiddish novelists' and, in 1970, he won the Itzik Manger Prize for contributions to Yiddish letters. Read More Read Less