Amnon Shamosh

Amnon Shamosh
Shamosh in 2009
Born	(1929-01-28)28 January 1929 Aleppo, Syria
Died	1 March 2022(2022-03-01) (aged 93) Ma'ayan Baruch, Israel
Occupation(s)	Author and poet

Amnon Shamosh (28 January 1929 – 1 March 2022) was an Israeli author and poet.

Biography

Shamosh was born in Aleppo, Syria, France. In his childhood he immigrated to Mandatory Palestine and participated in the 1948 Arab–Israeli War in a Palmach unit. He studied at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He was a founder of kibbutz Ma'ayan Baruch.

Shamosh died in Ma'ayan Baruch on 1 March 2022, at the age of 93.

Selected works

Shamosh wrote in hebrew stories, novels, and poetry:

• My Sister the Bride (1974, Massada Press, published in English in 1979)
• Michel Ezra Safra and Sons (1978, Massada Press)
• Calamus and Cinnamon (1979, Massada Press)
• A Kibbutz is a Kibbutz is a Kibbutz (1980, Massada Press)
• With Me from Lebanon (1981, Hakibbutz Hameuchad)
• The Cedars of Lebanon (1990, Massada Press)
• Marrano Mountain (1991, Massada Press, published in English in 1992)
• Autumn Stories, Fall Colors (1995, Modan)
• On the Silk Road (2000, Aviv)
• Liri's Chronicles: Stories from the Third Half (2015, Massada Press)

Shamosh also wrote non-fiction books

• Haketer, the Story of the Aleppo Codex (1987, Ben Zvi Institute)
• From the Source (1988, Carta)
• Good Morning Alz Heimer (2015, Massada Press)

Awards and recognition

Shamosh was awarded the President's Prize for Literature in 2001. He also received many other awards for his writing.

See also

• Hebrew literature