Amos Oz

Amos Oz (born May 4, 1939), birth name Amos Klausner, is an Israeli writer, novelist, and journalist. He is also a professor of literature at Ben-Gurion University in Be'er Sheva. Since 1967, he has been a prominent advocate of a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

Works

Besides his fiction, Oz regularly publishes essays on the subjects of politics, literature, and peace. He has written extensively for the Israeli Labor newspaper Davar and (since the demise of Davar in the 1990s) for Yediot Achronot. In English, his non-fiction has appeared in various places, including the New York Review of Books.

Related Topics:
Davar - Yediot Achronot - New York Review of Books

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Amos Oz is one of the writers whose work literary researchers study from a fundamental approach. At Ben-Gurion University in the Negev a special collection was established dealing with him and his works. Amos Oz has been considered in recent years one of the serious candidates to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature. He received the Israel Prize in the category of literature in 1998.

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In his works Amos Oz tends to present protagonists in a realistic light with a light ironic touch. His treatment of the subject of the kibbutz in his writings is accompanied by a somewhat critical tone.

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His books other than novels include:

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• In the Land of Israel (essays on political issues)
• Israel, Palestine and Peace: Essays
• Under This Blazing Light
• A Tale of Love and Darkness (2003)

He has written the following novels.

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• Where the Jackals Howl (1965)
• Elsewhere, Perhaps (1966)
• My Michael (1968)
• Unto Death (1971)
• Touch the Water, Touch the Wind (1973)
• The Hill of Evil Counsel (1976)
• Soumchi (1978)
• A Perfect Peace (1982)
• Black Box (1987)
• To Know a Woman (1989)
• Fima (1991)
• Don't Call It Night (1994)
• A Panther in the Basement (1995)
• The Same Sea (1999)