Agnon
shmuel yosef
[shmoo-el-yoh-suh f,, -zuh f] /ˈʃmu ɛlˈyoʊ səf,, -zəf/ (show ipa), (samuel josef czaczkes) 1888–1970, israeli novelist and short-story writer, born in poland: n-bel prize 1966.
noun
shmuel yosef, real name samuel josef czaczkes. 1888–1970, israeli novelist, born in austria-hungary. his works, which treat contemporary jewish themes, include the day before yesterday (1945). n-bel prize for literature 1966
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