Yiddish author and journalist Mendel Mann died here Friday, after a long illness. He was 59 years old. Mr. Mann, born in Warsaw in 1916, emigrated to Israel in 1948. He was later transferred to Paris to direct the Yiddish newspaper Unzer Wort. He was also a well-known author and published 12 Yiddish novels. Mr. Mann will be buried in Israel.
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