Shmuel Yosef Agnon

Shmuel Yosef AgnonShmuel Yosef Agnon () (July 17, 1888 – February 17, 1970) was an Israeli writer and winner of the 1966 Nobel Prize in Literature.NobelPrize.org, "Shmuel Yosef Agnon"; retrieved 2012-9-18.

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.

 See too 
 In the Heart of the Seas

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Nobel Prize lecture


Category:1887 births
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Category:Israeli Nobel Prize winners
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