The Forward: Shmuel Yosef Agnon
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Shmuel Yosef Agnon
Shmuel Yosef Agnon was an Austro-Hungarian-born Israeli novelist, poet, and short-story writer. He was one of the central figures of modern Hebrew literature. In Hebrew, he is known by the nom de plume Shai Agnon. In English, his works are published under the name S. Y. Agnon.
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culture · Israeli writer and Nobel laureate · writer · novelist · poet · short story writer · also Shmuel Yosef Agnon, Samuel Josef Agnon, Samuel Joseph Agnon, Agnon
Born 8 August 1887 · Died 17 February 1970 · Q133042
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2018· 1 entry
Confirmed Herzog's authorship but confirmed that Agnon had edited the work
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2005· 1 entry
The Agnon House Association in Jerusalem renovated the building, which reopened in January 2009
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1985· 1 entry
“s image, with a list of his works and his Nobel Prize acceptance speech, appeared on the fifty-shekel bill, second series, in circulation from 1985 to 2014. The main street in Jerusalem”
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1983· 1 entry
“Dear Esther: Letters 1924–1931”
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1977· 1 entry
The Hebrew University published Yiddish Works, a collection of stories and poems that Agnon wrote in Yiddish during 1903–1906
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1970· 1 entry
Died 1970-02-17.
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1966· 4 entries
Awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature — for his profoundly characteristic narrative art with motifs from the life of the Jewish people.
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Awarded Nobel Prize in Literature (1966).
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Was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature "for his profoundly characteristic narrative art with motifs from the life of the Jewish people"
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Shared the Nobel Prize in Literature with the poet Nelly Sachs
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1963· 1 entry
Awarded Newman Prize (1963).
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1962· 1 entry
Awarded honorary citizen of Jerusalem (1962).
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1958· 1 entry
Awarded Israel Prize (1958).
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1954· 1 entry
Awarded Israel Prize (1954).
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1950· 1 entry
Awarded Bialik Prize (1950).
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1935· 1 entry
Published Sippur Pashut ("A Simple Story"), a novella set in Buchach at the end of the 19th century
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1934· 1 entry
Awarded Bialik Prize (1934).
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1931· 1 entry
In the Bauhaus style, was turned into a museum, Beit Agnon
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1929· 1 entry
His library was destroyed again during anti-Jewish riots
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1924· 1 entry
A fire broke out in his home, destroying his manuscripts and rare book collection
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1912· 2 entries
At the urging of Yosef Haim Brenner, he published a novella, "Vehaya Ha'akov Lemishor" ("The Crooked Shall Be Made Straight")
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Agnon moved to the German Empire, where he met Esther Marx (1889-1973), the sister of Alexander Marx
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1910· 1 entry
"Forsaken Wives" was translated into German
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1887· 1 entry
Born 1887-08-08.
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