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Amnon Shamosh
Israeli author and poet (1929–2022)
Amnon Shamosh (28 January 1929 – 1 March 2022) was an Israeli author and poet.[1]
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Amnon Shamosh | |
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Born | (1929-01-28)28 January 1929 |
Died | 1 March 2022(2022-03-01) (aged 93) Ma'ayan Baruch, Israel |
Occupation(s) | Author and poet |
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Shamosh was born in Aleppo, Syria, France. 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.
Shamosh died in Ma'ayan Baruch on 1 March 2022, at the age of 93.[2]
Shamosh wrote in hebrew stories, novels, and poetry:
- My Sister the Bride (1974, Massada Press, published in English in 1979)
- Michel Ezra Safra and Sons (1978, Massada Press)
- Calamus and Cinnamon (1979, Massada Press)
- A Kibbutz is a Kibbutz is a Kibbutz (1980, Massada Press)
- With Me from Lebanon (1981, Hakibbutz Hameuchad)
- The Cedars of Lebanon (1990, Massada Press)
- Marrano Mountain (1991, Massada Press, published in English in 1992)
- Autumn Stories, Fall Colors (1995, Modan)
- On the Silk Road (2000, Aviv)
- Liri's Chronicles: Stories from the Third Half (2015, Massada Press)
Shamosh also wrote non-fiction books
- Haketer, the Story of the Aleppo Codex (1987, Ben Zvi Institute)
- From the Source (1988, Carta)
- Good Morning Alz Heimer (2015, Massada Press)
Shamosh was awarded the President's Prize for Literature in 2001. He also received many other awards for his writing.
- "Amnon Shamosh, Institute for Translation of Hebrew Literature". Retrieved 24 May 2023.
- "הסופר אמנון שמוש ("מישל עזרא ספרא ובניו") הלך לעולמו בגיל 93 - וואלה! תרבות". וואלה! (in Hebrew). 1 March 2022. Retrieved 2 March 2022.
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