This groundbreaking new biography explores Anne Frank’s transformation from an ordinary teenager into an enduring icon, whose diary—translated into over 70 languages—remains the most widely read literary work to emerge from the Holocaust. Award-winning author Ruth Franklin, known for A Thousand Darknesses and Shirley Jackson: A Rather Haunted Life, joins us to discuss her contribution to Yale’s Jewish Lives series. Comprehensive yet innovative, her biography aims to write alongside Anne rather than overher, restoring Anne’s humanity and agency in all their messiness, heroism, and complexity.
An event from Jewish Book Week 2025
