Israeli literature
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Israeli literature is literature written by Israelis. Most works classed as Israeli literature are written in the Hebrew language, although some Israeli authors write in Yiddish, English, Arabic and R
Eliezer Ben-Yehuda, father of modern Hebrew
Shmuel Yosef Agnon
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Shmuel Yosef Agnon was an Austro-Hungarian-born Israeli novelist, poet, and short-story writer. He was one of the central figures of modern Hebrew literature. In Hebrew, he is known by the nom de plum
Israeli literature
…Yiddish, English, Arabic and Russian. The foundations of modern Israel writing were laid by a group of literary pioneers from the Second Aliyah including Shmuel Yosef Agnon, the only Nobel Prize winner for literature in Hebrew and the only one for Israeli literature, Moshe Smilansky, Yosef Haim Brenner, David Shimoni, and…
Agnon in 1966
Buczacz, Agnon's hometown
Agnon's study
Agnon receiving the Ussishkin Prize 1946