Agnon
[ ag-non ]
noun
Shmu·el Yo·sef [shmoo-el-yoh-suhf, -zuhf], /ˈʃmu ɛlˈyoʊ səf, -zəf/, Samuel Josef Czaczkes, 1888–1970, Israeli novelist and short-story writer, born in Poland: Nobel Prize 1966.
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British Dictionary definitions for Agnon
Agnon
/ (ˈæɡnɒn) /
noun
Shmuel Yosef, real name Samuel Josef Czaczkes. 1888–1970, Israeli novelist, born in Austria-Hungary. His works, which treat contemporary Jewish themes, include The Day Before Yesterday (1945). Nobel prize for literature 1966
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