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Amnon Shamosh (28 January 1929 – 1 March 2022) was an Israeli author and poet.[1]

Amnon Shamosh
Shamosh in 2009
Born	(1929-01-28)28 January 1929 Aleppo, Syria
Died	1 March 2022(2022-03-01) (aged 93) Ma'ayan Baruch, Israel
Occupation	Author and poet

Biography

Shamosh was born in Aleppo, Syria, France. In his childhood he immigrated to Mandatory Palestine and participated in the 1948 Arab–Israeli War in a Palmach unit. He studied at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He was a founder of kibbutz Ma'ayan Baruch.

Shamosh died in Ma'ayan Baruch on 1 March 2022, at the age of 93.[2]

Selected works

• Michel Ezra Safra and Sons
• My Sister the Bride (published 1979 in English by Massada Press)
• The Great Confession
• The Cedars of Lebanon
• 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
• Autumn Stories, Fall Colors
• On the Silk Road (2000)

Shamosh also wrote the non-fiction book Haketer, the Story of the Aleppo Codex.

Awards and recognition

Shamosh was awarded the President's Prize for Literature in 2001. He also received many other awards for his writing.

See also

• Hebrew literature

References

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