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Shmuel Yosef Agnon

1888 - 1970

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Shmuel Yosef Agnon (Hebrew: שמואל יוסף עגנון; August 8, 1887 – February 17, 1970) was an Austro-Hungarian-born Israeli novelist, poet, and short-story writer. He was one of the central figures of modern Hebrew literature. In Hebrew, he is known by the pseudonym Shai Agnon (ש"י עגנון‎). In English, his works are published under the name S. Y. Agnon. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Shmuel Yosef Agnon is the 266th most popular writer (up from 280th in 2019), the 76th most popular biography from Austria (down from 70th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Austrian Writer.

Shmuel Yosef Agnon was a Hebrew writer who is most famous for his novel "The Bridal Canopy" which won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1966.

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Among writers, Shmuel Yosef Agnon ranks 266 out of 7,302. Before him are Primo Levi, Herta Müller, Dale Carnegie, Mary Wollstonecraft, Jordanes, and Bartolomé de las Casas. After him are Anna Akhmatova, Sallust, Nasir al-Din al-Tusi, Snorri Sturluson, Jami, and Arthur C. Clarke.

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Among people born in 1888, Shmuel Yosef Agnon ranks 9. Before him are Alexander I of Yugoslavia, Fernando Pessoa, Joseph P. Kennedy Sr., Otto Stern, T. E. Lawrence, and Dale Carnegie. After him are José Raúl Capablanca, Roland Garros, Frans Eemil Sillanpää, Nikolai Bukharin, Nestor Makhno, and John Logie Baird. Among people deceased in 1970, Shmuel Yosef Agnon ranks 14. Before him are Abraham Maslow, Yukio Mishima, Jimi Hendrix, Alexander Kerensky, Max Born, and Nelly Sachs. After him are Édouard Daladier, Otto Heinrich Warburg, François Mauriac, Paul Celan, Peter II of Yugoslavia, and Mark Rothko.

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In Austria

Among people born in Austria, Shmuel Yosef Agnon ranks 76 out of 1,424. Before him are Archduke Otto of Austria (1865), Martin Buber (1878), Richard Adolf Zsigmondy (1865), Kurt Waldheim (1918), Anna Freud (1895), and Fritz Pregl (1869). After him are Elfriede Jelinek (1946), Peter Handke (1942), Franz Joseph II, Prince of Liechtenstein (1906), Alban Berg (1885), Fritz Lang (1890), and Albert II of Germany (1397).

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Among WRITERS In Austria

Among writers born in Austria, Shmuel Yosef Agnon ranks 2. Before him are Stefan Zweig (1881). After him are Elfriede Jelinek (1946), Peter Handke (1942), Robert Musil (1880), Peter Drucker (1909), Arthur Schnitzler (1862), Paula Hitler (1896), Georg Trakl (1887), Hugo von Hofmannsthal (1874), Klaus Ebner (1964), and Walther von der Vogelweide (1170).

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