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Shmuel Yosef Agnon

1888 - 1970

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Shmuel Yosef Agnon (Hebrew: שמואל יוסף עגנון; August 8, 1887 – February 17, 1970) was an Austro-Hungarian-born Israeli novelist, poet, and short-story writer. He was one of the central figures of modern Hebrew literature. In Hebrew, he is known by the acronym Shai Agnon (ש"י עגנון‎). In English, his works are published under the name S. Y. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Shmuel Yosef Agnon has received more than 412,457 page views. His biography is available in 78 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 77 in 2019). Shmuel Yosef Agnon is the 391st most popular writer (down from 320th in 2019), the 99th most popular biography from Austria (down from 30th in 2019) and the 9th most popular Austrian Writer.

Shmuel Yosef Agnon was a Hebrew writer who is most famous for his novel "The Bridal Canopy" which won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1966.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Shmuel Yosef Agnon ranks 391 out of 5,755. Before him are Friedrich Dürrenmatt, André Maurois, Henning Mankell, Ammianus Marcellinus, Edmondo De Amicis, and Hector Malot. After him are Apollonius of Rhodes, J. M. G. Le Clézio, Sergei Yesenin, Cornelius Nepos, Pietro Aretino, and Sylvia Plath.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1888, Shmuel Yosef Agnon ranks 17. Before him are Nikolai Bukharin, Nestor Makhno, Alexander I of Yugoslavia, Raymond Chandler, Jean Monnet, and Friedrich Fromm. After him are Friedrich Olbricht, C. V. Raman, Johannes Itten, Roland Garros, F. W. Murnau, and Frans Eemil Sillanpää. Among people deceased in 1970, Shmuel Yosef Agnon ranks 23. Before him are Mark Rothko, Paul Celan, François Mauriac, Semyon Timoshenko, Napoleon Hill, and Otto Heinrich Warburg. After him are Rudolf Carnap, C. V. Raman, Jochen Rindt, Eric Berne, Vladimir Propp, and Bruce McLaren.

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In Austria

Among people born in Austria, Shmuel Yosef Agnon ranks 99 out of 1,237. Before him are Margaret of Austria, Queen of Spain (1584), Aribert Heim (1914), Sándor Márai (1900), Maria Christina, Duchess of Teschen (1742), Archduchess Elisabeth Marie of Austria (1883), and Archduchess Maria Anna of Austria (1738). After him are Alma Mahler (1879), Maximilian Schell (1930), Paula Hitler (1896), Alfred Hermann Fried (1864), Friedensreich Hundertwasser (1928), and Charles V, Duke of Lorraine (1643).

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Among WRITERS In Austria

Among writers born in Austria, Shmuel Yosef Agnon ranks 9. Before him are Peter Handke (1942), Peter Drucker (1909), Robert Musil (1880), Arthur Schnitzler (1862), Elfriede Jelinek (1946), and Sándor Márai (1900). After him are Paula Hitler (1896), Hugo von Hofmannsthal (1874), Georg Trakl (1887), Gustav Meyrink (1868), Walther von der Vogelweide (1170), and Hermann Broch (1886).

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