David Herman
The World of Arnold Wesker
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Summary
This presentation will focus on the pioneering work of Arnold Wesker (1932–2016), one of the leading Anglo-Jewish playwrights of the postwar period. He and Harold Pinter (1930–2008) discovered a new Jewish voice: working class, from the East End, left wing.
David Herman
David Herman is a freelance writer based in London. Over the past 20 years he has written almost a thousand articles, essays, and reviews on Jewish history and literature for publications including the Jewish Chronicle, the Jewish Quarterly, Jewish Renaissance, the Guardian, the New Statesman, and Prospect. He has taught courses on Jewish culture for the London Jewish Cultural Centre and JW3. He is a regular contributor to Jewish Book Week, the Association of Jewish Refugees, and the Insiders/Outsiders Festival on the contribution of Jewish refugees to British culture.