Shmuel Yosef Agnon
Appearance
Shmuel Yosef Agnon | |
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Born | Shmuel Yosef Halevi Czaczkes July 17, 1888 Buczacz, Galicia (now Buchach, Ukraine) |
Died | February 17, 1970 Jerusalem, Israel | (aged 81)
Resting place | Mount of Olives Jewish Cemetery |
Language | Hebrew |
Nationality | Israeli |
Genre | Novels, short stories, poetry |
Notable awards | Nobel Prize in Literature 1966 |
Spouse | Esther Marx |
Shmuel Yosef Agnon[1] (July 17, 1888 – February 17, 1970) was an Israeli writer and winner of the 1966 Nobel Prize in Literature.[2]
He was one of the central figures of modern Hebrew fiction. In Hebrew, he is known by the acronym Shai Agnon. In English, his works are published under the name S. Y. Agnon.[3]
References
[change | change source]- ↑ Shmuel Yosef Agnon (Hebrew: שמואל יוסף עגנון)
- ↑ NobelPrize.org, "Shmuel Yosef Agnon"; retrieved 2012-9-18.
- ↑ "Amazon.com: S. Y. Agnon: Books". Amazon.com. 2013. Retrieved 9 December 2013.
Other websites
[change | change source]Media related to Shmuel Yosef Agnon at Wikimedia Commons