Amos Oz
Amos Oz (Hebrew: עמוס עוז; born Amos Klausner; May 4, 1939 – December 28, 2018) was an Israeli writer, novelist, journalist and philosopher. He was a professor of literature at Ben-Gurion University in Beersheba.[1] He was born in Jerusalem.
Oz's work has been published in 45 languages in 47 countries. He was honored with a Legion of Honour of France, the Goethe Prize, the Prince of Asturias Award in Literature, the Heinrich Heine Prize and the Israel Prize.
In 2007, a selection from the Chinese translation of A Tale of Love and Darkness was the first work of modern Hebrew literature to appear in an official Chinese textbook. His other best known works were My Michael and A Perfect Peace.
Oz was a supporter of a two-state solution to the Israeli–Palestinian conflict.[2]
Oz died in Tel Aviv on December 28, 2018 from a short-battle with an "aggressive form" of cancer at the age of 79.[2]
Amos Oz Media
AUHTOR AMOS OZ, A KIBBUTZ HULDA MEMBER IN HIS LIVING ROOM.
Amos Oz, Leipzig Book Fair 2013
Oz speaking at Tel Aviv University, faculty of medicine in 2011
Oz in 2015, with Mirjam Pressler, who received a prize for a translation of his novel to German
References
- ↑ [1] By Robert Tait, Jerusalem, Daily Telegraph
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Cain, Sian (2018-12-28). "Israeli novelist Amos Oz dies aged 79" (in en-GB). The Guardian. . https://www.theguardian.com/books/2018/dec/28/amos-oz-dead-israeli-novelist-writer-dies. Retrieved 2018-12-28.