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Amos Oz
1939 – 2018
About this person
Wikipedia SummaryAmos Oz was an Israeli writer, novelist, journalist, and intellectual. He was also a professor of Hebrew literature at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. From 1967 onwards, Oz was a prominent advocate of a two-state solution to the Israeli–Palestinian conflict.
Biographical & Professional Details
Date of birth
May 4, 1939
Jerusalem
Date of death
December 28, 2018
Tel Aviv
Citizenship
Israel
Occupations & fields
linguistjournalistnovelisttranslatoressayistpedagogue
Awards & honours
Prize of the International Book Fair in TorinoBialik PrizeIsrael PrizeSiegfried Lenz PrizeFranz Kafka PrizeStefan Heym International Award
- Field and occupation
- izraelský spisovatel, esejista a novinář
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