- Born
- Died
- Birth nameShmuel Yosef Halevi Czaczkes
- Nickname
- Shay
- Shmuel Yosef Agnon was born on July 17, 1888 in Buczacz, Galicia, Austria-Hungary [now Buchach, Ukraine]. He was a writer, known for Shabbat Hamalka (1965), Directions (1960) and In the Prime of Her Life (2010). He was married to Esther Marx. He died on February 17, 1970 in Tel Aviv, Israel.
- SpouseEsther Marx(May 6, 1919 - February 17, 1970) (his death, 2 children)
- Awarded Nobel Prize in Literature, 1966.
- Wrote in Hebrew.
- Name usually cited as "S.Y. Agnon".
- Children: daughter Emuna; son Shalom
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