| LC control no. | n 91118458 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Yarkoni, Yaffa |
| Variant(s) | Yarḳoni, Yafah, 1925-2012 ירקוני, יפה, 1925-2012 Abramov, Yaffa, 1925-2012 Yarqoni, Yaffa, 1925-2012 Gustin, Yafa, 1925-2012 |
| Birth date | 1925-12-25 |
| Death date | 2012-01-01 |
| Place of birth | Tel Aviv (Israel) |
| Place of death | Tel Aviv (Israel) |
| Profession or occupation | Singers |
| Special note | Machine-derived non-Latin script reference project. Non-Latin script reference not evaluated. |
| Found in | Her Yafah Yarkoni, c1987: t.p. (Yaffa Yarkoni [in rom.]) New York times WWW site, Jan. 3, 2012 (in obituary published Jan. 2: Yaffa Yarkoni; b. Yaffa Abramov, Dec. 25, 1925, Tel Aviv; m. Shaike Yarkoni, 1948 (d. 1983); d. there Sunday [Jan. 1, 2012], aged 86; Israeli singer who became famous for entertaining the troops during Israel's wars but later criticized the military and tried to forge a legacy as an advocate for peace) Wikipedia, 11 October 2016 (Yafa Yarkoni; Yaffa Yarqoni; יפה ירקוני; born 24 January 1925 in Giv'at Rambam; died 1 January 2012 in Tel Aviv, Israel; Israeli singer) Wikipedia, 22 Apr 2019: (Yafa Yarkoni (Hebrew: יפה ירקוני = Yafah Yarḳoni, also Yaffa Yarqoni, 24 December 1925 - 1 January 2012) was an Israeli singer, winner of the Israel Prize in 1998 for Hebrew song. She was dubbed Israel's “songstress of the wars” due to her frequent performances for Israel Defense Forces soldiers, especially in wartime. She was from a Mountain Jewish family [from the Caucasus]; Yafa Abramov (later Yafa Gustin and Yafa Yarkoni) was born in Giv'at Rambam (today a neighbourhood of Giv'atayim) to a Jewish family that immigrated from the Caucasus. At the age of ten, she studied ballet dancing under Gertrude Kraus, one of Israel's dance pioneers. |
| Associated language | heb |
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