Through a historical catastrophe-the destruction of Jerusalem by the Emperor of Rome… – I was born in one of the cities of the Diaspora, but I always deemed myself as one who was really born in Jerusalem.
Shmuel Yosef Agnon Quotes
When I first began to combine letters other than Hebrew, I read every book in German that came my way, and from these I certainly received according to the nature of my soul.
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Shmuel Yosef Agnon (16)
Birth: | 17th July, 1888 |
Death: | 17th February, 1970 |
Nationality: | Israeli |
Profession: | Writer |
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