Amnon Shamosh
Amnon Shamosh | |
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אמנון מוש | |
 Shamosh in 2009 | |
| Born | 28 January 1929 |
| Died | 1 March 2022 (aged 93) Ma'ayan Baruch, Israel |
| Occupations | Author and poet |
Amnon Shamosh (Hebrew: אמנון מוש; 28 January 1929 – 1 March 2022) was an Israeli author and poet.[1]
Biography
[edit]Shamosh was born in Aleppo, 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.
Shamosh died in Ma'ayan Baruch on 1 March 2022, at the age of 93.[2]
Selected works
[edit]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)
Awards and recognition
[edit]Shamosh was awarded the President's Prize for Literature in 2001. He also received many other awards for his writing.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ↑ "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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