- Amnon Shamosh
Amnon Shamosh (1929-) is an
Israel iauthor andpoet .Shamosh was born in 1929 in
Aleppo ,Syria . In his childhood he immigrated toPalestine and participated in the1948 Arab-Israeli War in aPalmach unit. He studied at theHebrew University of Jerusalem . He was a founder ofkibbutz Ma'ayan Barukh , where he has resided ever since. He engaged ineducation and instruction. Among his novels are "Michel Ezra Safra and Sons", "My Sister the Bride" (published 1979 in English by Massada Press), "The Great Confession", and "The Cedars of Lebanon". Among his books of stories and essays are "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", and "Autumn Stories, Fall Colors". He also wrote the non-fiction book "Haketer, the Story of theAleppo Codex ". In Israel, Amnon Shamosh was awarded the President's Prize for Literature in 2001.References
*" [http://www.ithl.org.il/author_info.asp?id=240 Amnon Shamosh] " bibliography at Institute for Translation of Hebrew Literature.
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