Shmuel Yosef Agnon |
| Shmuel Yosef Agnon (1888 - 1970; b. Buczacz, Galicia), born Shmuel Yosef Czaczkes, 1966 Nobel Prize laureate in Literature, was born to an affluent and urbane family where traditional Jewish culture dwelt side by side with modern European culture. While his father taught him rabbinical legends, his mother read him German stories. Agnon began to write in both Hebrew and Yiddish at the age of eight and began to publish at the age of fifteen. He left Buczacz in January 1907 for Jaffa and never again wrote in Yiddish. By that time, he had published some seventy pieces in Hebrew and Yiddish. In Jaffa, Agnon gave private lessons and occasionally worked as a clerk. In 1908 he published his first story in Eretz Israel, Agunot (Forsaken Souls), using the pseudonym Agnon. In 1924 he took Agnon as his official family name. In 1913, drawn by Germany`s lively Jewish cultural life, he left Eretz Israel. While there, he married Esther Marx and the couple had two children. At first, Agnon gave private lessons and worked as an editor. Later, a wealthy Jewish businessman, Zalman Schocken, became his patron and published his works. Agnon read German and French literature extensively, became a member of a circle of Hebrew writers in Hamburg and collaborated with Martin Buber on a collection of Chassidic stories. In 1924 fire swept his home and destroyed all his books and manuscripts, including the novel, In the Bond of Life, whose imminent publication had already been announced. He returned to Jerusalem where he lived until his death. Several of his works were published posthumously by his daughter, Emmuna Yaron. Called "a man of unquestionable genius" and "one of the great storytellers of our time," S.Y. Agnon is among the most effusively-praised and widely-translated Hebrew authors. His unique style and language have influenced later generations of Hebrew authors. In addition to the 1966 Nobel Prize for Literature, Agnon received numerous literary awards, including the Israel Prize on two occasions. In 2007, his work was named among the ten most important in modern Hebrew literature. |
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Books Published in Hebrew |
| Collected Stories of S.Y. Agnon, Schocken, first edition, Vols. I-VI, Berlin; Vols. VII-VIII, Jerusalem, Vols. IX-XI, Jerusalem and Tel Aviv, 1931-1952 (CS) |
| Collected works of S.Y. Agnon, Schocken, eight volumes, Tel Aviv, 1953-62 (CW) |
| Posthumous Works, Shocken, Tel Aviv and Jerusalem, as from 1971- (PW)
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| And the Crooked Shall Be Made Straight (novella), Brenner, 1912 [Ve-Haya Ha-Akov Le-Mishor] |
| The Dune, Judischer Verlag, |
| The Legend of the Scribe (novella), 1929 [Agadat Ha-Sofer] |
| The Bridal Canopy (novel), Shocken, 1931 (CS-I, II) [Hachnasat Kalah] |
| From Then and From Now (stories), Shocken, 1931 (CS-III) [Me-Az U-Me-Ata] |
| Love Stories (stories), Shocken, 1931 (CS-IV) [Sipurei Ahavim] |
| In the Heart of Seas (novella), Shocken, 1935 [Bi-Lvav Yamim] |
| A Simple Story (novel), Shocken, 1935 (CS-V) [Sipur Pashut] |
| Peacefully (stories), Shocken, 1935 (CS-VI) [Be-Shuva Ve-Nahat] |
| Days of Awe (Exegesis), Shocken, 1938 [Yamim Noraim] |
| A Guest for the Night (novel), Shocken, 1939 (CS-VIII) [Oreah Natah Lalun] |
| Of Such and Of Such (stories), Shocken, 1941 (CS-VIII) [Elu Va-Elu] 1953 (CW- II, same title, different stories) |
| The Book of Deeds (stories), Shocken, 1941 [Sefer Ha-Ma`asim] |
| Betrothed (novella), Shocken, 1943 [Shevuat Emunim] |
| Yesteryear (novel), Shocken, 1945 (CS-IX) [Tmol Shilshom] |
| Near and Apparent (stories), Shocken, 1951 [(CS-X) [Samuch Ve-Nireh] |
| To This Day (stories), Shocken, 1952 (CS-XI) [Ad Hena] |
| At the Handles of the Lock (stories), Shocken, 1953 [(CW-III) [Al Kapot Ha-Man`ul] |
| The Fire and the Wood (stories), Shocken, 1962 (CW-VIII) [Ha-Esh Ve-ha-Etzim] |
| Shirah (novel), Shocken, 1971 (PW) [Shira] |
| A City and the Fullness Thereof (stories), Shocken, 1973 (PW) [Ir U-Meloah] |
| In Mr. Lublin`s Shop (novel), Shocken, 1974 (PW) [Be-Hanuto Shel Mar Lublin] |
| Within the Wall (stories), Shocken, 1975 (PW) [Lifnim Min Ha-Homa] |
| From Myself to Myself (non-fiction), Shocken, 1976 (PW) [Me-Atzmi El Atzmi] |
| Introductions (stories), Shocken, 1977 (PW) [Pithei Devarim] |
| Book, Writer and Story (stories), Shocken, 1978 (PW) [Sefer, Sofer, Sipur] |
| The Beams of our House (stories), Shocken, 1979 (PW) [Korot Beitenu] |
| Dear Esther (letters), Shocken, 1983 [(PW) [Esterlein Yekiraty] |
| Agnon`s Alef Bet, Shocken, 1984 [Sefer Ha-Otiot] |
| A Shroud of Stories, Shocken, 1985 [Tachrich Shel Sipurim] |
| The Baal Shem Tov Stories, Shocken, 1986 [Sipurei Ha-Baal Shem Tov] |
| The Correspondence between S.Y.Agnon and Z. Shocken, Shocken, 1991 [Sh.Y. Agnon - Sh. Z. Shocken, Halifat Michtavim] |
| In the Prime of Her Life, Shoken, Jerusalem, 1991 [Be-Dmi Yameha] |
| Present at Sinai: The Giving of the Law, Shocken, 1995 [Atem Re`item] |
Books in Translation |
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Collected Stories/Novellas (every item is a different collection) Arabic: Tel Aviv, Dar al-nashr al-`Arabi, 1968 Chinese: Guilin, Lijiang, 1995 Danish: Copenhagen, Hasselbach, 1966; Copenhagen, Samleren, 1968 Dutch: Hasselt, Heideland-Orbis, 1971; Hilversum, Gooi&Sticht, 1990 English: New York, Schocken¸ 1948/ 65; New York, Schocken, 1970; New York, Jewish Publication Society of America, 1970 London, Gollancz, 1970; New York, Schocken, 1995 Jerusalem, Schocken, 1998 (Paintings by David Sharir); New York, Oxford University Press, 1998; London/New York, Toby Press, 2008 Estonian: Tallinn, Aviv, 1993; Tallinn, Loomingu Raamatukogu/ Perioodika, 1994 Finnish: Porvoo, Soderstrom, 1967 French: Paris, Albin Michel, 1959/79; Paris, Rombaldi, 1972; Paris, Albin Michel, 1977 German: Berlin, Schocken, 1933; Berlin, Schocken, 1934; Zurich, Manesse, 1966; Frankfurt am Main, Suhrkamp, 1996 Hungarian: Budapest, Magyar Zsidok pro Palesztine, 1940 Italian: Milan, Mondadori, 1964/66/79; Florence, Giuntina, 1995 Japanese: Tokyo, Shufu-no-tomo Sha, 1971 Norwegian: Oslo, Aschehoug, 1968 Polish: Wroclaw, Wydawnictwo Dolnoslaskie, 1995 Portuguese: Sao Paulo, Perspectiva, 1967; Sao Paulo, Perspectiva, 1996 Russian: Jerusalem, Jewish Agency Immigration and Absorption Department, 1985; Jerusalem, Biblioteka Alyia, 1975; Jerusalem,Wahlstrom, 1981; Moscow, Raduga, 1991; Moscow, Panorama, 1996; (collection of novellas) - Moscow/Jerusalem, Gesharim, 2004 Slovene: Ljubljana, Cankarjeva Zalozba, 1976 Spanish: Barcelona, Plaza & Janes, 1967; Buenos Aires, Plaza & Janes, 1967 Swedish: Stockholm, Norsted, 1925; Stockholm, Bonnier, 1964; 1966 Turkish: Istanbul, Matbaasi, 1966; Istanbul, Matbaasi, 1966 Yiddish: Tel Aviv, Ha-Menorah, 1969; Tel Aviv, Israel Book, 1978 Ido ve-Inam English: London, Gollancz, 1966; Harmondsworth, Penguin, 1971; New York, Schocken, 1966 Persian: Teheran, Sazman-e Daneshjawayan-e Yahud Iran, 1967 Russian: Jerusalem, Biblioteka Alya, 1975 The Outcast German: Berlin, Judischer Verlag, 1923; Berlin, Schocken, 1938; Frankfurt am Main, Insel, 1964; Frankfurt, Suhrkamp, 1988 Swedish: Stockholm, Bonnier, 1968 And the Crooked Shall Be Made Straight German: Berlin, Judischer Verlag, 1918/20/25; Berlin, Schocken, 1934/38 Hungarian: Cluj, Kadima, 1922 Italian: Florence, Casa Editrice Israel, 1935; Milan, Bompiani, 1966, 1979, 1990 Spanish: Barcelona, Plaza & Janes, 1967 The Legend of the Scribe Dutch: Amsterdam, Juda Palach Institute, 1992 English: New York, Schocken, 1970 German: Berlin, Marx, 1923 Estonian: Tallinn, Loomingu Raamatukogu/ Perioodika,1994 Swedish: Stockholm, Norstedt, 1925 Yiddish: Tel Aviv, Ha-Menorah, 1969 The Bridal Canopy English: Garden City, N.Y., Doubleday, 1937; New York, Literary Guild of America, 1937; London, Gollancz, 1968; New York, Schocken, 1967; New York, Syracuse University Press, 2000 French: Paris, Les Belles Lettres, 2003 In the Heart of Seas Danish: Copenhagen, Samleren, 1968 English: New York, Schocken, 1947/1986; London, Gollancz, 1967 German: Berlin, Schocken, 1933; Zurich, Manesse, 1966 Hungarian: Budapest, Magyar Zsidok pro Palesztina, 1940 Portuguese: Sao Paulo, Perspectiva, 1967 Russian: Jerusalem, Wahlstrom, 1981; Shamir, Israel -- Moscow, Raduga, 1991 Slovene: Ljubljana, Cankarjeva Zalozba, 1976 Spanish: Barcelona, Plaza & Janes, 1967 A Simple Story English: New York, Schocken, 1985 French: Paris, Albin Michel, 1980; Ed. 10/18, 1998 German: Frankfurt am Main, S. Fischer, 1967/87; Frankfurt am Main, Surhrkamp, 1998 Yiddish: New York, Der Kval, 1958; Tel Aviv, Ha-Menorah, 1969 Italian: Milan, Adelphi, 2002 Chinese: Shanghai, Shanghai Translation Publishing House, 2004 Russian: Moscow, Lechaim, 2004 A Guest for the Night English: London, Gollancz, 1968; New York, Schocken, 1968 French: Paris, Albin Michel, 1973 German: Frankfurt am Main, S. Fischer, 1964; Stuttgart, Deutscher Buecherbund, 1966; Frankfurt am Main, Suhrkamp, 1993 Spanish: Buenos Aires, Plaza & Janes, 1967 Turkish: Istanbul, Matbaasi, 1966 The Book of Deeds German: Frankfurt am Main, Suhrkamp, 1995 Betrothed Danish: Copenhagen, Samleren, 1967; Copenhagen, Samleren, 1976 English: London, Gollancz, 1966; New York, Schocken, 1966 Harmondsworth, Penguin, 1971; New York, A. Gregory, 1971 Finnish: Porvoo, Soderstrom, 1967 German: Frankfurt am Main, S. Fischer, 1965 Italian: Milan, Mondadori, 1964; Milan, Frateri Fabbri, 1972 Japanese: Tokyo, Shufu-no-tomo Sha, 1971 Norwegian: Oslo, Aschehoug, 1966 Portuguese: Sao Paulo, Perspectiva, 1996 Spanish: Buenos Aires, Plaza y Janes, 1967 Swedish: Stockholm, Bonnier, 1967 Turkish: Istanbul, Matbaasi, 1966 Yesteryear French: Paris, Albin Michel, 1971; 1996 German: Frankfurt am Main, S. Fischer, 1969; Berlin, Volk und Welt, 1982; Frankfurt am Main, Suhrkamp, 1996 Spanish: Barcelona, Plaza & Janes, 1969 In the Prime of Her Life French: Paris, Gallimard, 2003 Italian: Milan, Adelphi, 2008 Shira English: New York, Schocken, 1989; New York, Syracuse University Press, 1996; German: Frankfurt am Main, Suhrkamp, 1998 In Mr. Lublin`s Shop German: Leipzig, Gustav Kiepenheuer, 1993 My Grandfather`s Talmud German: Berlin, Soncino-Gessellschaft, 1925 To This Day English: New Milford/London, USA/England, 2008 Children Agnon`s Alef Bet: Poems English: Philadelphia, Jewish Publication Society of America, 1998 The Wonder Child Gadiel English: New York, Hebrew Educators` Comittee, 1940 Last updated: 17.03.2009 |
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