Agnon S. Y.:
A Book That Was Lost: Thirty-Five Stories
Editor: AlanMintz, Editor: AnneGolomb Hoffman
Toby Press , 2008
Hardcover, 588 pages
Size: 211x140 mm
ISBN: 9781592642540
ISBN-10: 1592642543
S. Y. Agnon
S. Y. Agnon (1887-1970) Was Born Shmuel-Yoysef Tshatshkes In The Jewish Town Of Butshatsh In Eastern Galicia, Formerly A Polish Region. In 1908 He Went With The Second Aliya To Palestine, Where He Published Several Early Masterpieces In Hebrew. In 1912-1924 He Lived In Germany And Was Regularly Supported By The Publisher And Zionist Sh.-Z. Schocken. From 1924 Agnon Lived Mostly In Jerusalem. In 1966 He Was Awarded The Nobel Prize In Literature. Among His Works Translated Into English Are "A Simple Story, The Bridal Canopy, Days Of Awe, In The Heart Of The Seas," And "Shira."
Alan Mintz
Alan Mintz Is Kekst Professor Of Hebrew Literature At The Jewish Theological Seminary In New York. His Books Include Translating Israel: Contemporary Hebrew Literature And Its Reception In America (2001) And The Boom In Contemporary Israeli Fiction (Upne, 1997) .
