Jakov Lind (1926–2007) was born Heinz Jakov Landwirth in Vienna in 1927 to an assimilated Jewish family. Arriving in the Netherlands as a part of the Kindertransport in 1939, Lind survived the Second World War by fleeing into Germany, where he disguised himself as a Dutch deckhand on a barge on the Rhine. Following the war, he spent several years in Israel and Vienna before finally settling in London in 1954. It was in London that he wrote, first in German and later in English, the novels, short stories, and autobiographies that made his reputation, including his masterpieces: <em>Landscape in Concrete</em>, <em>Ergo</em> (forthcoming from Open Letter), and <em>Soul of Wood</em>. Regarded in his lifetime as a successor to Beckett and Kafka, Lind was posthumously awarded the Theodor Kramer Prize in 2007. /images/jakov_lind.jpg 2008-12-12T17:02:37-08:00 Jakov 10 Lind lind 2008-12-12T17:02:37-08:00