Shmuel Yosef Agnon Writer

Shmuel Yosef Agnon (Hebrew: שמואל יוסף עגנון‎) (August 8, 1887 – February 17, 1970) was a Nobel Prize laureate writer and was one of the central figures of modern Hebrew fiction. In Hebrew, he is known by the acronym Shai Agnon (ש"י עגנון). In English, his works are published under the name S. Y. Agnon.Agnon was born in Galicia, Austro-Hungarian Empire (today Ukraine). He later immigrated to the British Mandate of Palestine, and died in Jerusalem, Israel.His works deal with the conflict between the traditional Jewish life and language and the modern world. They also attempt to recapture the fading traditions of the European shtetl (village). In a wider context, he also contributed to broadening the characteristic conception of the narrator's role in literature. Agnon shared the Nobel Prize with the poet Nelly Sachs in 1966.

Personal facts

Birth date	July 17, 1888
Birth name	Shmuel Yosef Halevi Czaczkes
Birth place	Galicia (Eastern Europe) , Ukraine , Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria , Buchach
Nationality	Israel
Date of death	February 17, 1970
Place of death	Jerusalem , Israel