Creator Bio
Amos Oz
1939–2018
Amos Oz was born and raised in Jerusalem. At the age of fifteen, he moved to Kibbutz Ḥuldah, and later lived in Arad. While professor of literature at Ben-Gurion University, Oz published works of fiction, numerous essays and articles, several nonfiction works on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and a children’s book. His works have been translated into more than thirty languages. He was also a leading figure in the Israeli peace camp. Amos Oz won many awards, among them the Légion d’honneur, the Bialik Prize, the Israel Prize, and the Dan David Prize. His novel A Tale of Love and Darkness was made into a motion picture.
Entries in the Posen Library by This Creator
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Under This Blazing Light
So what do storytellers do? The ones I like operate more or less like tribal witchdoctors.
Here is a little story for you. Nine thousand six hundred and six years ago, in a…
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The Last War or the Third, That Is the Question: A Conversation in Kibbutz Ein-Shemer
Avishai:There’s nothing joyful about the guys who returned from the war. I don’t have the feeling that this is the last time that the people sitting here will put on uniform. Right after the war the…
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My Michael
Michael and I arranged to meet that same evening in Cafe Atara in Ben Yehuda Street. Outside an absolute storm was raging, beating down furiously on the stone walls of Jerusalem.
Austerity regulations…
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The Hill of Evil Counsel
Darkness fell on the Hill of Evil Counsel. The paper lanterns went out one by one. Only the searchlights continued to claw the gentle slope and the bushes that were gradually sinking into ever-deeper…
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A Tale of Love and Darkness
Even after the mourning period was over, when the flat was finally empty and my father and I locked the door and were alone together, we hardly talked to one another. Except about the most essential…
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Under This Blazing Light
There are now 157 or 162 independent states in the world, both new and old. The vast majority of them are under the sway of oppressive regimes, slavery, mass-brainwashing, ruler-worship: in one way or…
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A Cosmic Jew
The old Bat Shlomo, the one to the south of the road, is a very small village, just a handful of old houses set among tall trees. Here and there a tractor is parked under an asbestos lean-to. Chickens…