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Raphael Joseph Feiwel (1907 – 22 June 1985) better known as Tosco R. Fyvel or T. R. Fyvel, was an author, journalist and literary editor. A noted Zionist, in 1936-7, he worked with Golda Meir in Palestine.〔 The T R Fyvel Book Award, awarded to a "book which has given new insight into issues or events, shown a perspective not often acknowledged, or given a platform to new voices",〔(Official website ) Index on Censorship. Retrieved 18 June 2013.〕 is one of the five Freedom of Expression awards presented by Index on Censorship.〔Sissay, Lemn (2008) (Ahlaam (Dreams) deserved to win" ) ''The Guardian''. Retrieved 18 June 2013.〕 ==Biography== Born in Cologne, Germany, his mother, from a Belarusian Jewish family, was a niece of Ahad Ha'am and had worked for Chaim Weizmann. His father, Berthold Feiwel, from a Moravian Jewish family, was an executive director of Keren Hayesod.〔 After graduating from Cambridge University, he moved to Palestine, where he spent some time as an assistant to Meir in the Histadrut. Returning to Britain, during the Second World War he worked in counter-intelligence.〔 Fyvel first met George Orwell in January 1940 when their mutual publisher, Frederic Warburg, introduced the two authors. Although Orwell did not agree with the ambition for an independent Jewish state in Palestine, they became friends and met sometimes at Warburg's home in Reading.〔 Gordon Bowker, ''George Orwell'', p.257〕 The three of them planned a series of pamphlets/essays to be published by Secker & Warburg as Searchlight Books.〔(Rodden, John (2001) ''George Orwell: The Politics of Literary Reputation'', pp. 314-8. Transaction Publishers ) At Google Books. Retrieved 18 June 2013.〕 In 1945, he succeeded Orwell as literary editor of the ''Tribune'' newspaper〔 when Orwell left to become a war correspondent for ''The Observer''. Fyvel remained in this post until 1949.〔 In the early 1950s he was a founder and contributor to ''Encounter''.〔(Lucas, Scott (2011) "A Bright Shining Mecca" in ''Libertas'' ) University of Birmingham. Retrieved 18 June 2013.〕 From 1973 to 1983, he was literary editor of ''The Jewish Chronicle''.〔(Rubinstein, William D. ''et al'' (2011) ''The Palgrave Dictionary of Anglo-Jewish History'', p. 308. Palgrave Macmillan ) At Google Books. Retrieved 18 June 2013.〕 Fyvel was married to the South African-born Mary Kirschner.〔()〕 Their daughter, writer Hannah Fyvel, was the wife of Robert Gavron, Baron Gavron. Fyvel's great-grandson is actor Rafi Gavron. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「T. R. Fyvel」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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