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Shmuel Yosef Agnon
Born	Shmuel Yosef Halevi Czaczkes (1888-07-17)July 17, 1888 Buczacz, Galicia (now Buchach, Ukraine)
Died	February 17, 1970(1970-02-17) (aged 81) Jerusalem, Israel
Resting place	Mount of Olives Jewish Cemetery
Language	Hebrew
Nationality	Israeli
Genre	Novels, short stories, poetry
Notable awards	Nobel Prize in Literature 1966
Spouse	Esther Marx

Shmuel Yosef Agnon^[1] (July 17, 1888 – February 17, 1970) was an Israeli writer and winner of the 1966 Nobel Prize in Literature.^[2]

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.^[3]

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An old picture of Buchach from the city site.
the working room of s.y agnon
Agnon receiving the Ussishkin Prize 1946
Agnon (left) receiving the Nobel Prize, 1966
Shmuel Yosef Agnon Memorial in Bad Homburg, Germany
First day cover for Ukrainian commemorative stamp
Agnon featured on the fifty-shekel bill, second series
Exposition in Bouchach museum

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↑ Shmuel Yosef Agnon (Hebrew: שמואל יוסף עגנוןcode: he is deprecated )
↑ NobelPrize.org, "Shmuel Yosef Agnon"; retrieved 2012-9-18.
↑ Amazon.com: S. Y. Agnon: Books. Amazon.com (2013). Retrieved 9 December 2013.

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