AKA Amos Klausner

Born: 4-May-1939
Birthplace: Jerusalem, Palestine
Died: 28-Dec-2018
Location of death: Petah Tikva, Israel
Cause of death: unspecified
Remains: Buried, Kibbutz Hulda, Rehovot, Israel

Gender: Male
Religion: Jewish
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Novelist

Nationality: Israel
Executive summary: Elsewhere, Perhaps

Military service: Israeli Defense Forces

Father: Yehuda Arieh Klausner
Mother: Fania Mussman (d. 1951 suicide)
Wife: Nily Zuckerman (m. 5-Apr-1960, two daughters, one son)
Daughter: Fania Oz-Salzberger
Daughter: Gallia
Son: Daniel

    University: Hebrew University
    Professor: Literature, Ben-Gurion University

    Friedenspreis des Deutschen Buchhandels 1992
    Israel Prize 1998
    Dan David Prize 2008
    International PEN

Author of books:
The Silence of Heaven: Agnon's Fear of God (2000, criticism)
A Tale of Love and Darkness (2004, memoir)

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