shmuel agnon

Ag·non

[ag-non]
noun
Shmu·el Yo·sef [shmoo-el-yoh-suhf, -zuhf] , ( Samuel Josef Czaczkes ) 1888–1970, Israeli novelist and short-story writer, born in Poland: Nobel prize 1966.
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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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