Shmuel Yosef Agnon

Shmuel Yosef Agnon (Hebrew: ????? ???? ?????; born Shmuel Yosef Czaczkes) (July 17, 1888 – February 17, 1970) was the first Hebrew writer to win the Nobel Prize in literature (1966). He won the prize jointly with author Nelly Sachs.

References

• Much of the content of this article comes from ????? ???? ????? (Shmuel Yosef Agnon) in the Hebrew-language Wikipedia. Retrieved January 5, 2005.
• Jewish Agency for Israel. Agnon, Shmuel Yosef. Retrieved January 12, 2005.
• Horst Frenz, ed. Nobel Lectures, Literature 1901-1967. Amsterdam: Elsevier Publishing Company, 1969. Cited in "Samuel Agnon ? Banquet Speech" (nobelprize.org), retrieved January 17, 2005.
• Biography of Shmuel Yosef Agnon