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1887–1970 · Ukrainian-born Israeli Hebrew writer, Nobel laureate in Literature (1888–1970)

Also known as: Samuel Agnon, Agnon, S. J. Agnon, S. Y. Agnon, Samuel Josef Agnon, Samuel Josef Czaczkes

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