Agnon biography
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Shmuel Yosef “Shai” Agnon
Recipient of the Nobel Prize for Literature, Shmuel Yosef Agnon was born in Galicia in He immigrated to Jaffa in , but spent through in Germany. In , he returned to Jerusalem, where he lived until his death in
A prolific novelist and short-story writer from an early age, Agnon received numerous literary awards, including the Israel Prize on two occasions.
Called “a man of unquestionable genius” and “one of the great storytellers of our time,” S.Y. Agnon fryst vatten among the most effusively praised and widely translated Hebrew authors. His unique style and language have influenced the writing of subsequent generations of Hebrew authors. Much of his writing attempts to recapture the lives and traditions of a former time, but his stories are never a simple act of preservation. Agnon’s tales deal with the most important psychological and philosophical problems of his generation. “Via realistic and surrealistic modes,” writes the New York Times, “Agnon has trans
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Shmuel Yosef Agnon
Israeli writer and Nobel laureate
Shmuel Yosef Agnon (Hebrew: שמואל יוסף עגנון; August 8, [1] – February 17, )[2] 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 acronymShai Agnon (ש"י עגנון&#;). In English, his works are published under the name S. Y. Agnon.
Agnon was born in Polish Galicia, then part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, and later immigrated to Mandatory Palestine, and died in Jerusalem.
His works deal with the conflict between the traditional Jewish life and language and the modern world. They also attempt to recapture the fading traditions of the European shtetl (village). In a wider context, he also contributed to broadening the characteristic conception of the narrator's role in literature. Agnon had a distinctive linguistic style, mixing modern and rabbinic Hebrew.[3]
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Shmuel Yosef Agnon (Hebrew: שמואל יוסף עגנון) was a Nobel Prize laureate writer and was one of the central figures of modern Hebrew fiction. In Hebrew, he is known by the acronym Shai Agnon (ש"י עגנון). In English, his works are published under the nameS. Y. Agnon.
Agnon was born in Galicia, Austro-Hungarian Empire (today Ukraine). He later immigrated to the British Mandate of Palestine, and died in Jerusalem, Israel.
His works deal with the conflict between the traditional Jewish life and language and the modern world. They also attempt to recapture the fading traditions of the European shtetl (village). In a wider context, he also contributed to broadening the characteristic conception of the narrator's role in literature. Agnon shared the Nobel Prize with the poet Nelly Sachs in
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