Amnon Shamosh
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Amnon Shamosh (1929-) is an Israeli author and poet.
Shamosh was born in 1929 in Aleppo, Syria. In his childhood he immigrated to Palestine and participated in the Israeli War of Independence in a Palmach unit. He studied at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem. He was a founder of kibbutz Maayan Baruch, where he has resided ever since. He engaged in education and instruction. Among his novels are Michel Ezra Safra and Sons, My Sister the Bride (published 1979 in English by Massada Press), The Great Confession, and The Cedars of Lebanon. Among his books of stories and essays are 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, and Autumn Stories, Fall Colors. He also wrote the non-fiction book Haketer, the Story of the Aleppo Codex. In Israel, Amnon Shamosh was awarded the President's Prize for Literature in 2001.
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- אמנון שמוש (Amnon Shamosh) in the Hebrew-language Wikipedia. Retrieved June 24, 2005.
- "Amnon Shamosh" bibliography at Institute for Translation of Hebrew Literature.
