Shmuel Yosef Agnon

GPTKB entity

Properties (45)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf Nobel laureate
writer
gptkbp:artMovement Modernism
Realism
gptkbp:associatedAct gptkb:Zionism
Modern Hebrew literature
gptkbp:awards gptkb:Nobel_Prize_in_Literature
gptkbp:birthDate 1888-07-17
gptkbp:burialPlace gptkb:Mount_Herzl
gptkbp:children Agnon_family
gptkbp:deathDate 1970-02-17
gptkbp:famousFor Creating complex characters
Being a key figure in 20th-century literature
Blending tradition and modernity
Exploring themes of exile and return
Portraying the immigrant experience
Using symbolism in storytelling
Exploring_Jewish_identity
Contributing_to_Hebrew_literature
Depicting_life_in_Eastern_Europe
Writing_about_the_Jewish_diaspora
Writing_in_Hebrew
gptkbp:genre Fiction
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Shmuel Yosef Agnon
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:David_Grossman
gptkb:Amos_Oz
gptkb:Israeli_literature
A.B. Yehoshua
Jewish_literature
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Yiddish_literature
Jewish_folklore
gptkbp:language gptkb:Hebrew
gptkbp:nationality gptkb:Israeli
gptkbp:notableFeature gptkb:Israel_Prize
gptkb:The_National_Jewish_Book_Award
Bialik Prize
The Brenner Prize
gptkbp:notableWork Only Yesterday
A Guest for the Night
gptkbp:occupation Novelist
Short story writer
gptkbp:placeOfBirth Buczacz
gptkbp:placeOfDeath gptkb:Jerusalem
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Esther_Agnon
gptkbp:website www.agnonhouse.org