Amos Klausner (later Oz) was born in 1939 in Jerusalem, Mandatory Palestine, where he grew up at No. 18 Amos Street in the Kerem Avraham neighborhood. He was the only child of Fania (Mussman) and Yehuda Arieh … See more

Oz published his first book, Where the Jackals Howl, a collection of short stories, in 1965. His first novel, Another Place (published in U.S. as Elsewhere, Perhaps) appeared in 1966. Subsequently, Oz averaged a book per year with the Histadrut See more

• 1965 – Kugel Prize [he] literary award from Municipality of Holon
• 1976 – Brenner Prize
• 1983 – Bernstein Prize (original Hebrew novel category) for A Perfect Peace See more

• Amos Oz: The Nature of Dreams
• List of Israel Prize recipients
• List of Bialik Prize recipients See more

Oz was one of the first Israelis to advocate a two-state solution to the Israeli–Palestinian conflict after the Six-Day War. He did so in a 1967 article "Land of our Forefathers" in … See more

Oz published in Hebrew novels, novellas, collections of short stories. He wrote essays and journalism for Israeli and foreign papers. Works by Oz are held by the German National Library, including:
Non-fiction
• In … See more

• (in English and Hebrew) Amos Oz Archive
• 2008 Dan David Prize laureate
• Amos Oz – The Nature of Dreams, Documentary film about Amos Oz: In-depth interviews, situations and literature quotes See more