Schmuel Yosef Agnon was an Austro-Hungarian-born Israeli novelist, poet, and short-story writer. He was one of the central figures of modern Hebrew literature. His works deal with the conflict between the traditional Jewish life and language and the modern world. They also attempt to recapture the fading traditions of the European shtetl (village). In a wider context, he also contributed to broadening the characteristic conception of the narrator's role in literature. Agnon had a distinctive linguistic style, mixing modern and rabbinic Hebrew. In 1966, he shared the Nobel Prize in Literature with the poet Nelly Sachs.

Pseudonyms: Shai Agnon

- The Bridal Canopy 1934 novel jewish, spain, historical en

- A Simple Story 1935 novel jewish, marriage, community en

- A Guest for the Night 1938 novel jewish, historical en

- Only Yesterday 1945 novel jewish, israel, palestine, historical en

- Shira 1971 novel israel, historical en

- A City in Its Fullness 1973 short-stories jewish, historical, ukraine en

- The Parable and Its Lesson 1973 novel jewish, historical, theology en

- In Mr. Lublin's Store 1974 novel jewish, historical, germany, ukraine en

- A Book that Was Lost 2008 short-stories israel, poland, jewish en

- Two Tales 2014 short-stories jewish, love, israel en

- The Orange Peel and Other Satires 2015 short-stories israel, jewish, satire, politics en