Ukrainian-born Israeli Hebrew writer, Nobel laureate in Literature (1888–1970). Shmuel Yosef Agnon was born on 8 August 1887 in what is now Ukraine. Shmuel Yosef Agnon is remembered as a writer, novelist and poet, a citizen of the German Empire and the Weimar Republic. Notable works include “Tel ou tel”, “The Bridal Canopy” and “Invité pour la Nuit”.
Before and after
- 31 May 1887Birth of Saint-John Perse
- 24 June 1887Birth of Marc Chagall
- 26 July 1887Publication of Unua Libro
- 28 July 1887Birth of Marcel Duchamp
- 8 August 1887Birth of Shmuel Yosef Agnon
- 12 August 1887Birth of Erwin Schrödinger
- 29 September 1887Founding of Hamburger SV
- 6 October 1887Birth of Le Corbusier
- 31 October 1887Birth of Chiang Kai-shek
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