S. Y. Agnon

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Hebrew-language writer Nobel Prize laureate novelist person short story writer writer

S. Y. Agnon was a Nobel Prize–winning Israeli writer whose modernist Hebrew fiction profoundly shaped 20th-century Hebrew literature and Jewish narrative tradition.

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S. Y. Agnon canonical 2
Shai Agnon 1

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instanceOf Hebrew-language writer ⓘ
Nobel Prize laureate ⓘ
novelist ⓘ
person ⓘ
short story writer ⓘ
writer ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Shai Agnon NERFINISHED ⓘ
Shmuel Yosef Agnon NERFINISHED ⓘ
awardReceived Israel Prize for Literature NERFINISHED ⓘ
Nobel Prize in Literature ⓘ
birthName Shmuel Yosef Halevi Czaczkes NERFINISHED ⓘ
burialPlace Mount of Olives NERFINISHED ⓘ
citizenship Mandatory Palestine NERFINISHED ⓘ
State of Israel NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfDeath Israel NERFINISHED ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1888-07-17 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1970-02-17 ⓘ
ethnicGroup Jews ⓘ
familyName Czaczkes NERFINISHED ⓘ
fieldOfWork Hebrew literature ⓘ
Jewish narrative tradition ⓘ
genre Hebrew fiction ⓘ
Jewish literature ⓘ
modernist literature ⓘ
givenName Shmuel Yosef NERFINISHED ⓘ
influenced 20th-century Hebrew literature ⓘ
Israeli writers ⓘ
influencedBy Hasidic tales NERFINISHED ⓘ
Jewish religious texts ⓘ
traditional rabbinic literature ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName Hebrew ⓘ
Yiddish ⓘ
movedTo Jaffa NERFINISHED ⓘ
Jerusalem NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ottoman Palestine NERFINISHED ⓘ
movement modernism ⓘ
NobelPrizeYear 1966 ⓘ
notableWork A Guest for the Night NERFINISHED ⓘ
A Simple Story NERFINISHED ⓘ
Days of Awe NERFINISHED ⓘ
In the Heart of the Seas NERFINISHED ⓘ
Only Yesterday NERFINISHED ⓘ
Shira NERFINISHED ⓘ
The Bridal Canopy NERFINISHED ⓘ
occupation editor ⓘ
writer ⓘ
placeOfBirth Austria-Hungary NERFINISHED ⓘ
Buczacz NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria NERFINISHED ⓘ
placeOfDeath Jerusalem NERFINISHED ⓘ
primarySubjectOfWork Jewish life in Eastern Europe ⓘ
Jewish life in the Land of Israel ⓘ
religious faith and doubt ⓘ
tradition and modernity in Jewish society ⓘ
pseudonym Agnon NERFINISHED ⓘ
religion Judaism ⓘ
residence Berlin NERFINISHED ⓘ
Jaffa NERFINISHED ⓘ
Jerusalem ⓘ
Leipzig NERFINISHED ⓘ
sharedNobelPrizeWith Nelly Sachs NERFINISHED ⓘ
writingStyle blend of traditional Jewish sources and modernist narrative techniques ⓘ

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Modern Hebrew literature → hasNotableAuthor → S. Y. Agnon ⓘ
Schocken Books → notableAuthorPublished → S. Y. Agnon ⓘ
Davar → notableContributor → S. Y. Agnon ⓘ
this entity surface form: Shai Agnon