Quote of the day
Two important characteristics of maps should be noticed. A map is not the territory it represents, but, if correct, it has a similar structure to the territory, which accounts for its usefulness.
Shmuel Yosef Agnon

Born: July 17, 1888
Died: February 17, 1970 (aged 81)
Bio: Shmuel Yosef Agnon was a Nobel Prize laureate writer and was one of the central figures of modern Hebrew fiction. In Hebrew, he is known by the acronym Shai Agnon. In English, his works are published under the name S. Y. Agnon.
Known for:
- The Bridal Canopy (1931)
- A Guest for the Night (1938)
- Only Yesterday (1945)
- A simple story
- Shira






