Hebrew writer; Nobel laureate in literature. Shemu’el Yosef Agnon (formerly Czaczkes) was born in Buczacz, a small town in eastern Galicia, then under Austro-Hungarian rule. He left his hometown permanently when he was 20, but Buczacz and Galicia had a place in his literary work for the rest of his life. “Although forty years had passed since Dr. Langsam had left his birthplace, he still talked about it all the time,” says Agnon, as if describing himself but referring to one of the characters in his novel Sipur pashut (A Simple Story; 1935). — Source: http://www.yivoencyclopedia.org/article.aspx/Agnon_Shemuel_Yosef
Shmuel Yosef Agnon
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Ukrainian-born Israeli Hebrew writer, Nobel laureate in Literature (1888-1970)
Born | 8 August 1887 |
Died | 17 February 1970 |
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Shmuel Yosef Agnon
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Ukrainian-born Israeli Hebrew writer, Nobel laureate in Literature (1888-1970)
Born | 8 August 1887 |
Died | 17 February 1970 |
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Fiction, Jews, Translations into English, Hebrew fiction, Jews, fiction, Berlin (germany), fiction, Bible, Fiction, general, Fiction, historical, general, Fiction, religious, Fiction, short stories (single author), Hebrew Short stories, Hebrew language, High Holidays, Quotations, Quotations, maxims, Rabbinical literature, Social conditions, Social life and customs, World War, 1914-1918, Alphabet, Alphabet, juvenile literature, Bible, quotations, Bilingual, Customs and practicesID Numbers
- OLID: OL29646A
- ISNI: 0000000120213140
- VIAF: 14765267
- Wikidata: Q133042
- Inventaire.io: wd:Q133042
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Alternative names
- Shmuel Yosef Halevi Agnon
- Samuel Joseph Agnon
- S. Y. Agnon
- S.Y. Agnon
- S. J. (Samuel Joseph) Agnon
- Sh. Agnon
- S.Y Agnon
- Samuel-Joseph Agnon
- S J. Agnon
- Shai Agnon
- S. Y.Agnon
- שמואל יוסף עגנון
- ש"י עגנון
- עגנון
- Shmuel Yosef 1888-1970 Agnon
- S. j. Agnon
- S Y Agnon
- s agnon
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