Amnon Shamosh

Amnon Shamosh (born 28 January 1929) is an Israeli author and poet.[1]

Amnon Shamosh, 2009

Biography

Amnon Shamosh was born in Aleppo, Mandatory Syria. In his childhood he immigrated to Mandatory Palestine and participated in the 1948 Arab–Israeli War in a Palmach unit. He studied at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He was a founder of kibbutz Ma'ayan Baruch, where he has resided ever since.

Published works
  • Michel Ezra Safra and Sons
  • My Sister the Bride (published 1979 in English by Massada Press)
  • The Great Confession
  • The Cedars of Lebanon
  • With Me from Lebanon
  • Marrano Mountain (published 1992 in English by Massada Press)
  • Calamus and Cinnamon
  • A Kibbutz is a Kibbutz is a Kibbutz
  • From the Source
  • Autumn Stories, Fall Colors

Shamosh also wrote the non-fiction book Haketer, the Story of the Aleppo Codex.

Awards and recognition

Shamosh was awarded the President's Prize for Literature in 2001. He also got many different awards.

See also

References
  1. Amnon Shamosh, Institute for Translation of Hebrew Literature Archived 23 February 2005 at the Wayback Machine


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