Shmuel Yosef Agnon

Shmuel Yosef Agnon
Shmuel Yosef Agnon, 1945
Born	Shmuel Yosef Halevi Czaczkes (1888-07-17)July 17, 1888 Buczacz, Galicia (now Buchach, Ukraine)
Died	February 17, 1970(1970-02-17) (aged 81) Jerusalem, Israel
Resting place	Mount of Olives Jewish Cemetery
Language	Hebrew
Nationality	Israeli
Ethnicity	Jewish
Genres	Novels, short stories, poetry
Notable award(s)	Nobel Prize in Literature 1966
Spouse(s)	Esther Marx

Shmuel Yosef Agnon^[1] (July 17, 1888 - February 17, 1970) was an Israeli writer and winner of the 1966 Nobel Prize in Literature.^[2]

He was one of the central figures of modern Hebrew fiction. In Hebrew, he is known by the acronym Shai Agnon. In English, his works are published under the name S. Y. Agnon.^[3]