Agnon

American  

[ag-non] / ˈæg nɒn /

noun

1. Shmuel Yosef Samuel Josef Czaczkes, 1888–1970, Israeli novelist and short-story writer, born in Poland: Nobel Prize 1966.

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Agnon British  

/ ˈæɡnɒn /

noun

1. Shmuel Yosef, real name Samuel Josef Czaczkes. 1888–1970, Israeli novelist, born in Austria-Hungary. His works, which treat contemporary Jewish themes, include The Day Before Yesterday (1945). Nobel prize for literature 1966

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Example Sentences

He began writing stories after his first army stint, later naming Kafka, Faulkner and Mr. Agnon, the Nobel Prize-winning Israeli author, as formative influences.

From New York Times • Jun. 14, 2022

His living room was small and sparse, adjoined by a sunny balcony and featuring a tidy bookcase: Spinoza, S. Y. Agnon, Yeshayahu Leibowitz, Bob Dylan.

From The New Yorker • Apr. 14, 2019

As they rose to leave, he handed them more pages: another story, this one by the Israeli writer S. Y. Agnon.

From The New Yorker • Sep. 7, 2015

Symbolic and supernatural fables, masterpieces of the form, they help to explain why Agnon has been compared to Kafka.

From Time Magazine Archive

Upon arriving in France all were sent to the Medical Training School near St. Agnon, one of the largest replacement camps in France.

From History of Ambulance Company Number 139 by Various