Background
Kanovich was born into a traditional Jewish family in the Lithuanian town of Jonava on June 18, 1929.
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Kanovich was born into a traditional Jewish family in the Lithuanian town of Jonava on June 18, 1929.
Vilnius University.
Kanovich has written more than ten novels – a virtual epic saga – dealing with the vicissitudes of the history of Eastern European Jewry from the 19th century to the present day. Among them: a novel trilogy “Candles in the Wind,” novels “Fools’ Tears and Prayers,” “ Smile Upon Us, Lord," “A Kid for Two Pennies,” “There is Number Paradise for Slaves,” “Don’t Turn your Face from Death,” “The Jewish Park,” “The Rustle of Fallen Trees,” “The Devil’s Spell” and "Shtetl Romance."
His books have been translated into 13 languages, among them English, Lithuanian, German, Hebrew, French, Czechoslovakian, Polish, Bulgarian, Hungarian, and others More than 1.5 million copies of his books have been printed.
Grigory Kanovich was declaed a citizen of honor (2013) of his hometown Jonava.
Between 1989 and 1993 Kanovich served as Chairman of the Jewish Community of Lithuania. Since 1993 the writer has lived in Israel.
Kanovich is married and has two sons – Dmitry and Sergey.
He is a member of the Poets, Playwrights, Editors, Essayists and Novelists association club in both Israel and Russia.