Creator Bio
Amnon Shamosh
b. 1929
Born in Aleppo, Amnon Shamosh immigrated to Palestine when he was a child. As a young man, he fought in the War of Independence as a member of the Palmach and afterward was a founder of Kibbutz Ma‘ayan Barukh, where he still resides. After teaching for many years, at the age of forty Shamosh began writing poetry and prose.
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A Son of Two Cities
No sooner had he laid his head on the pillow that he was fast asleep. His insomnia of the night before, his great fatigue on the sailing date, and the ship’s swaying in the waves—all combined to…