Amnon Shamosh

Shamosh was born in Aleppo, Syria, France. In his childhood he immigrated to Mandatory Palestine and participated in the 1948 Arab–Israeli War in a Palmach unit. He studied at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He was a founder of kibbutz Ma'ayan Baruch.

Shamosh died in Ma'ayan Baruch on 1 March 2022, at the age of 93.[2]

Shamosh wrote in hebrew stories, novels, and poetry:

• My Sister the Bride (1974, Massada Press, published in English in 1979)
• Michel Ezra Safra and Sons (1978, Massada Press)
• Calamus and Cinnamon (1979, Massada Press)
• A Kibbutz is a Kibbutz is a Kibbutz (1980, Massada Press)
• With Me from Lebanon (1981, Hakibbutz Hameuchad)
• The Cedars of Lebanon (1990, Massada Press)
• Marrano Mountain (1991, Massada Press, published in English in 1992)
• Autumn Stories, Fall Colors (1995, Modan)
• On the Silk Road (2000, Aviv)
• Liri's Chronicles: Stories from the Third Half (2015, Massada Press)

Shamosh also wrote non-fiction books

• Haketer, the Story of the Aleppo Codex (1987, Ben Zvi Institute)
• From the Source (1988, Carta)
• Good Morning Alz Heimer (2015, Massada Press)

Shamosh was awarded the President's Prize for Literature in 2001. He also received many other awards for his writing.

• Hebrew literature