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Name
  
Amnon Shamosh


Role
  
Author

Amnon Shamosh httpsuploadwikimediaorgwikipediacommonsthu

Education
  
Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Amnon Shamosh (born 1929) is an Israeli author and poet.

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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 Barukh, 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.

    References

    Amnon Shamosh Wikipedia
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