Amos Oz
4 May 1939 – 28 December 2018
Amos Oz was an Israeli writer and essayist whose novels include My Michael and the memoir A Tale of Love and Darkness. He lived for decades on Kibbutz Hulda, taught literature at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, and was among the founders of the Peace Now movement advocating a two-state settlement with the Palestinians.
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Life events
Born Amos Klausner to parents who had emigrated from Eastern Europe.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgHis mother Fania died by suicide when he was twelve, an event he later wrote about at length.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgLeft Jerusalem at fifteen for the kibbutz and changed his surname from Klausner.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgThe kibbutz sent him to take a degree before he returned to teach there.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgThe novel about a marriage in 1950s Jerusalem brought him wide recognition.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgHelped launch the Israeli movement calling for a negotiated settlement with the Palestinians.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgLeft the kibbutz for the desert town and taught Hebrew literature at the university.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgReceived the state's highest civilian honour in his field.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgThe memoir of his Jerusalem childhood became his best-known book and was translated widely.
Source: en.wikipedia.org