Buczacz - General View

The year in which Agnon was born

In the picture: The Councils' Building in the town, Buczacz where Agnon was born, the 19th century

Buczacz, Soviet Union

The Councils' Building in the town of Buczacz, 2004

Agnon in his youth in Buczacz

Agnon in his youth in Buczacz, in anticipation of his aliyah to the Land of Israel in the summer of 1908

David Shimoni, Y.H. Brenner, A.Z. Rabinovich, Shai Agnon in Neve Zedek

Agnon in the company of writers and poets from the Second Aliya in the Neve Zedek neighborhood

In the picture: David Shimoni, Y.H. Brenner, A.Z. Rabinovich, Shai Agnon

Original manuscript of the novel "והיה העקוב למישור."

First page of the original manuscript of the novel "והיה העקוב למישור."

Shlomo Zalman Schocken

Businessman Shlomo Zalman Schocken, who became Agnon's patron and the publisher of his writing

Esther Agnon in her youth

Esther Agnon in her youth at Kingsberg, Germany

Emunah and Chemdat Agnon in their childhood

Emunah (1921) and Chemdat (1922) Agnon in their childhood in Germany

Esther Agnon with her children

Esther Agnon with her children in Germany

The home in Bad Homburg

The home of the Agnon family in the town of Bad Homburg, near Frankfurt, following the fire that broke out in the house in June 1924

Agnon's library after the riots of 1929

Agnon's library in the Talpiyot neighborhood after it was destroyed in the riots of 1929

Beit Agnon under construction

Beit Agnon under construction, Architect: Fritz Korenberg

Agnon in his library

Agnon engrossed in proofreading his writing in his library in Talpiyot, in Jerusalem

1953

Shai Agnon and Nelly Sachs before the Nobel Prize ceremony

Shai Agnon and the Jewish, German-writing poetess Nelly Sachs, before the Nobel Prize ceremony in Stockholm, December 1966

Agnon and Esther at the Nobel Prize ceremony

Agnon and Esther at the Nobel Prize ceremony

Honorary title of doctor awards ceremony

Agnon at the awards ceremony upon receiving the honorary title of doctor from the Weizmann Institute of Science

Honorary title of doctor

Honorary title of doctor from the Weizmann Institute of Science

Agnon's casket placed in the plaza of the Jerusalem

Agnon's casket placed in the plaza of the Jerusalem municipality prior to the state funeral at the Mt. of Olives, Adar 5730, February 1970