Shmuel Yosef Agnon's birth name is Shmuel Yosef Halevi Czaczkes.
Shmuel Yosef Agnon went by Shay.
Shmuel Yosef Agnon was born on July 17, 1888.
Shmuel Yosef Agnon was born on July 17, 1888.
Shmuel Yosef Agnon was born on July 17, 1888 and died on February 17, 1970. Shmuel Yosef Agnon would have been 81 years old at the time of death or 127 years old today.
Shmuel Yosef Agnon died on February 17, 1970 at the age of 81.
Shmuel Yosef Agnon won The Nobel Prize in Literature in 1966.
Shimon Peres Yitzchak Rabin Yisrael (Robert J.) Aumann Shmuel Yosef Agnon The full list is - Robert Aumann, Economics, 2005 Aaron Ciechanover, Chemistry, 2004 Avram Hershko, Chemistry, 2004 Daniel Kahneman, Economics, 2002 Yitzhak Rabin, Peace, 1994 Shimon Peres, Peace, 1994 Menachem Begin, Peace, 1978 Shmuel Yosef Agnon, Literature, 1966
1966 Nobel laureate, S.Y. Agnon spent most of his life in Israel. Born in Buczacz, Galicia, in Summer 1887 he arrived in Jaffa in Spring 1908. Between 1912-1924 he "sojourned" in Germany. In 1924 he returned to Jerusalem where he resided until his death in 1970. His house in Jerusalem's Talpiot neighborhood is a museum and study center dedicated to the greatest modern Hebrew author.
Shmuel Yosef Agnon, an Israeli author, wrote novels, short stories, and essays that often centered on Jewish life in Eastern Europe. He was the first Hebrew writer to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature, in 1966, for his profound literary achievements. Some of his notable works include "Only Yesterday", "A Simple Story", and "Tehilla".
The Nobel Prize in Literature 1966 was divided equally between Shmuel Yosef Agnon for his profoundly characteristic narrative art with motifs from the life of the Jewish people and Nelly Sachs for her outstanding lyrical and dramatic writing, which interprets Israels destiny with touching strength .
Yosef Porath died in 1996.