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Agnon, Shmuel
(1888-1970) Israeli writer. Originally surnamed Czaczkes, Shmuel Yosef Agnon was born in Galicia. Shmuel Agnon was one of the greatest Hebrew novelist and short-story writers. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1966 with Nelly Sachs.
Nobel Prize for Literature
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