Izrail Metter

Izrail Moiseyevich Metter (in Russian : Израиль Моисеевич Меттер) (1909-1996) was a Russian writer of Jewish origin.^[1] He was born in Kharkov. One of his best-known books is the novel The Fifth Corner which he finished writing in 1967, but could not publish until 1989. He received the Grinzane Cavour Prize in 1992 for this book. Other notable works include Genealogy and Muchtar. His work has yet to be translated into English.

He died in 1996.

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