Amos Oz

Known For

Writing

Gender

Male

Birthday

1939-05-04

Deathday

2018-12-28 (79 years old)

Birth Name

Amos Klausner

Birth Place

Jerusalem, Mamluk Sultanate

Religion

Judaism

Children

Galia Oz, Fania Oz-Salzberger, Daniel Oz

Father

Yehuda Arieh Klausner

Citizenships

Israel

Awards

honorary doctor of Tel Aviv University, Grand Cross of the Order of Civil Merit, honorary doctor of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Siegfried Lenz Prize, honorary doctor of the University of Antwerp, honorary doctorate of the Weizmann Institute of Science, Knight of the Legion of Honour, Newman Prize, Abraham Geiger Prize, Prize of the International Book Fair in Torino, Prix Femina étranger, Princess of Asturias Literary Prize, Officer of Arts and Letters, Ze'ev Prize, Bernstein Prize, Brenner Prize, Stefan Heym International Award, Mount Zion Award, Dan David Prize, Siegfried Unseld Preis, Bialik Prize, Israel Prize, Heinrich Heine Prize, Peace Prize of the German Publishers' and Booksellers' Association, Catalonia International Prize, Goethe Prize, Franz Kafka Prize