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| − | Chaim Potok is an author, most known for | + | '''Chaim Potok''' is an author, most known for his classic novel ''The Chosen.'' Potok was born in 1929 in the Bronx to a family of Polish immigrants. He received several degrees including English Literature and Hebrew Literature, and became a very educated man in both secular and religious subjects. After being in the Korean War, he married, and later became a rabbi. He later wrote literature, his most famous, "The Chosen", was published in 1967. Potok later died of brain cancer in 2002. |
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Chaim Potok is an author, most known for his classic novel The Chosen. Potok was born in 1929 in the Bronx to a family of Polish immigrants. He received several degrees including English Literature and Hebrew Literature, and became a very educated man in both secular and religious subjects. After being in the Korean War, he married, and later became a rabbi. He later wrote literature, his most famous, "The Chosen", was published in 1967. Potok later died of brain cancer in 2002.