On December 10, 1966, Shmuel Yosef Agnon wins the Nobel Prize in Literature for his career of writing numerous books and stories, written in Hebrew, about Jewish life. The prize is given to him “for his profoundly characteristic narrative art with motifs from the life of the Jewish people.” He wins the prize jointly with Jewish poet Nelly Sachs.
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