HistoryFigure1887–1970

Shmuel Yosef Agnon

ש"י עגנון

Region: Galicie et Israël

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Hebrew-language writer, Nobel Prize in Literature 1966, whose work fuses Jewish tradition and modernity. He is one of the pillars of Hebrew prose.

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Agnon

עגנון

Galicie et Israël

Works by this author

A simple story / S.Y.Agnon ; translated and with an afterword by Hillel Halkin.

Document

19850101

Bilvav Yamim (In the Heart of the Seas)

בלבב ימים

Manuscript

1933

Cuentistas israelíes : antología / Agón [et al.] ; [traducción directa del hebreo, Etty E. de Hoter].

Document

19850101

Der Verstossene / S.J.Agnon ; aus dem Hebraeischen uebertragen von Max Strauss.

Document

19230101

Gestern, vorgestern : Roman / [aus dem Hebräischen übers. von Karl Steinschneider].

Document

19690101

Hakhnasat Kallah (The Bridal Canopy)

הכנסת כלה

Manuscript

1931

Novelas de Jerusalém / Vilém Flusser, estudo introdutório ; Rita Rosenmayer, ilustrações ; J. Guinsburg, seleçãõ, tradução e revisão ; Irma Batista [et al.], tradução.

Document

19670101

Ore'ah Nata Lalun (A Guest for the Night)

אורח נטה ללון

Manuscript

1938

Shira

שירה

Manuscript

1971

Shira / S.Y.Agnon ; translated from the Hebrew by Zeva Shapiro ; with an afterword by Robert Alter.

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