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Amos Oz
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Person

Amos Oz

1939 – 2018 · aged 79

Israeli writer, novelist, journalist and intellectual (1939–2018)

Born
4 May 1939 · Jerusalem
Died
28 Dec 2018 · Petah Tikva
Part ofIsrael1,457 BCE – todayJudaism74 BCE – today

Life timeline

Their life from birth to death. On the timeline, world events of the time are shown faintly.

Showing 91 years
  1. 4 May 1939BornBorn in Jerusalem
  2. 1967WarSix-Day War
  3. 1973WarYom Kippur War
  4. 1976AwardBrenner Prize
  5. 1979AwardZe'ev Prize
  6. 1983AwardBernstein Prize
  7. 1984AwardOfficer of Arts and Letters
  8. 1986AwardBialik Prize
  9. 1988AwardPrix Femina étranger
  10. 1992AwardPeace Prize of the German Publishers' and Booksellers' Association
  11. 1997AwardKnight of the Legion of Honour
  12. 1998AwardIsrael Prize
  13. 2004AwardCatalonia International Prize
  14. 2005AwardGoethe Prize of the City of Frankfurt
  15. 2006AwardHonorary doctor of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem
  16. 28 Dec 2018DiedDied in Petah Tikva

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Meanwhile in the world

Major world events during their lifetime (1939 – 2018).

  1. 1939 – 1940Winter War
  2. 1939 – 1945World War II
  3. 1940 – 1945Auschwitz concentration camp
  4. 1941Attack on Pearl Harbor
  5. 1941 – 1945Eastern Front
  6. 1941Operation Barbarossa
  7. 1942 – 1943Battle of Stalingrad
  8. 1945Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
  9. 1945 – 1946Nuremberg trials
  10. 19501950 FIFA World Cup
  11. 1950 – 1953Korean War
  12. 1953 – 1959Cuban Revolution
  13. 19541954 FIFA World Cup
  14. 1955 – 1975Vietnam War
  15. 1956Hungarian Revolution of 1956
  16. 1956Suez Crisis
  17. 19581958 FIFA World Cup
  18. 1959Antarctic Treaty System
  19. 19621962 FIFA World Cup
  20. 1962Cuban Missile Crisis
  21. 19661966 FIFA World Cup
  22. 1966 – 1976Cultural Revolution
  23. 1968Prague Spring
  24. 1969Apollo 11 Moon landing
  25. 19721972 Summer Olympics
  26. 19741974 FIFA World Cup
  27. 19781978 FIFA World Cup
  28. 1978 – 1979Iranian Revolution
  29. 1979 – 1989Soviet–Afghan War
  30. 1980 – 1988Iran–Iraq War
  31. 19841984 Summer Olympics
  32. 1985Schengen Agreement
  33. 19891989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre
  34. 1989Fall of the Berlin Wall
  35. 19901990 FIFA World Cup
  36. 1991Dissolution of the Soviet Union
  37. 19941994 FIFA World Cup
  38. 1994 – 1996First Chechen War
  39. 19981998 FIFA World Cup
  40. 2001 – 2021War in Afghanistan

Biography

Amos Oz (Hebrew: עמוס עוז; born Amos Klausner (עמוס קלוזנר); 4 May 1939 – 28 December 2018) was an Israeli writer, novelist, journalist, and intellectual. He was also a professor of Hebrew literature at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. From 1967 onwards, Oz was a prominent advocate of a two-state solution to the Israeli–Palestinian conflict.

He was the author of 40 books, including novels, short story collections, children's books, and essays, and his work has been published in 45 languages, more than that of any other Israeli writer. He was the recipient of many honours and awards, among them the Friedenspreis des Deutschen Buchhandels, the Legion of Honour of France, the Israel Prize, the Goethe Prize, the Prince of Asturias Award in Literature, the Heinrich Heine Prize, and the Franz Kafka Prize.

In his obituary, The New York Times called Oz one of "Israel's most prolific writers and respected intellectuals".

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