The 3-minute interview: Peter Manseau

Published January 24, 2010 5:00am ET




Manseau is the son of an ex-priest and an ex-nun, but the District resident started his career as one of the world’s last Yiddish typesetters. His latest novel, “Songs for the Butcher’s Daughter,” just won Hadassah Magazine’s Ribalow Prize for Jewish Fiction, his third major Jewish literary award.

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