Identity

Uri Jerzy Nachimson was born in Szczecin, Poland, in 1947, and two years later, his parents immigrated to Israel. In 1966, he was drafted into the Israeli army and served as a photographer in combat during the "Six-Day War." Uri's grandmother, Ida Friedberg, was the granddaughter of the writer A.S. Friedberg and aunt to Isabella Grinievskaya, a well-known Russian writer and poet. In 2008, Uri relocated to Tuscany, Italy, where he lives and writes.