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Amos Oz

Writing

Born May 4, 1939 · Jerusalem

Died December 28, 2018

Awards & recognition

  • Abraham Geiger Prize · 2017
  • Mount Zion Award · 2017
  • Siegfried Lenz Prize · 2014
  • Franz Kafka Prize · 2013
  • Newman Prize · 2013
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  • honorary doctor of the University of Łódź · 2012
  • Siegfried Unseld Preis · 2010
  • Dan David Prize · 2008
  • Grand Cross of the Order of Civil Merit · 2008
  • Heinrich Heine Prize · 2008
  • honorary doctor of the University of Antwerp · 2008
  • Stefan Heym International Award · 2008
  • Princess of Asturias Literary Prize · 2007
  • honorary doctor of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem · 2006
  • honorary doctorate of the Weizmann Institute of Science · 2006
  • Goethe Prize of the City of Frankfurt · 2005
  • Catalonia International Prize · 2004
  • Israel Prize · 1998
  • Knight of the Legion of Honour · 1997
  • Peace Prize of the German Publishers' and Booksellers' Association · 1992
  • Prix Femina étranger · 1988
  • Bialik Prize · 1986
  • Officer of Arts and Letters · 1984
  • Bernstein Prize · 1983
  • Ze'ev Prize · 1979
  • Brenner Prize · 1976
  • honorary doctor of Tel Aviv University
  • Prize of the International Book Fair in Torino
  • International Booker Prize · 2017 · nominated
  • International Booker Prize · 2007 · nominated

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