Amnon Shamosh
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Amnon Shamosh | |
|---|---|
| File:Amnon Shamosh.JPG Shamosh in 2009 | |
| Born | 28 January 1929 |
| Died | 1 March 2022 (aged 93) Ma'ayan Baruch, Israel |
| Occupation(s) | Author and poet |
Amnon Shamosh (28 January 1929 – 1 March 2022) was an Israeli author and poet.[1]
Biography
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]
Selected works
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
Shamosh was awarded the President's Prize for Literature in 2001. He also received many other awards for his writing.
See also
References
- ↑ "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 עברית). 1 March 2022. Retrieved 2 March 2022.
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