Melvin Jules Bukiet

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Melvin Jules Bukiet is an author [1] and literary critic. He has written a number of novels, including Sandman's Dust, After, While the Messiah Tarries, Signs and Wonders, Strange Fire, and A Faker's Dozen. He edited the collections Neurotica: Jewish Writers on Sex, Nothing Makes You Free, and Scribblers on the Roof. He won the 1992 Edward Lewis Wallant Award. [2]

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References

  1. Furman, Andrew (2003). "Melvin Jules Bukiet". In S. Lillian Kremer (ed.). Holocaust Literature: Agosín to Lentin. Taylor & Francis. pp. 194–198. ISBN   978-0-415-92983-7.
  2. "The Edward Lewis Wallant Award". University of Hartford . Retrieved 15 September 2011.