Amos Klausner
1939 - Born in Jerusalem on the 4th of May.
1934 - His maternal grandfather had owned a mill in Rivne, then Eastern Poland, now Western Ukraine, but moved with his family to Haifa.
1950 - He served in the kibbutz-oriented Nahal unit and was involved in border skirmishes with Syria.
1965 - His first collection of stories Where the Jackals Howl appeared.
1966 - His first novel Elsewhere, Perhaps was published.
1967 - He was with a tank unit in Sinai; during the Yom Kippur War.
1973 - He served in the Golan Heights.
1986 - He remained living and working on the kibbutz until he and his wife Nily moved to Arad on account of his son Daniel's asthma; however, as his writing career flowered he was allowed to gradually decrease his time devoted to normal kibbutz work: the royalties from his writing produced sufficient income for the kibbutz to justify this.
1998 - Oz was awarded his country’s most prestigious prize: the Israel Prize for Literature, the fiftieth anniversary year of Israel’s independence.
2005 - He was awarded the Goethe Prize from the city of Frankfurt, Germany, a prestigious prize which was awarded in the past to the likes of Sigmund Freud and Thomas Mann for his life's work.
2006 - In July, Oz supported the Israeli army in its war with Lebanon, writing in the Los Angeles Times "Many times in the past, the Israeli peace movement has criticized Israeli military operations.
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Panther in the Basement by Amos Oz (Paperback - Oct 1, 1998) From“a great and true voice of our time” (Washington Post Book World), comes this story of Proffy, a twelve-year-old living in Palestine in 1947. When Proffy befriends a member of the... Usually ships in 24 hours |
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How to Cure a Fanatic by Amos Oz (Hardcover - Jan 16, 2006) Internationally acclaimed novelist Amos Oz grew up in war-torn Jerusalem, where as a boy he witnessed firsthand the poisonous consequences of fanaticism. In two concise, powerful essays, the... Usually ships in 24 hours |
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Heath Ceramics: The Complexity of Simplicity by Amos Klausner (Hardcover - Dec 14, 2006) Durable, honest, and handsome, Heath ceramics are design icons. Much collected, these signature tableware and tiles are still made according to the artisanal tradition that Edith Heath conceived in...  Usually ships in 24 hours |
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In the Land of Israel (Harvest in Translation) by Amos Oz (Paperback - Oct 31, 1993) Oz traveled throughout Israel and the West Bank in the 1980s and spoke with many people about the past, present, and future of his country. What he found is memorably set down here. New... Usually ships in 24 hours |
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