Amos Oz, ‘Israel’s greatest writer,’ advocate for peace, dies at 79 Israel Prize-winner passes away after short battle with cancer; won dozens of awards; works translated into 45 languages ...

Amos Oz, the Israeli author whose acclaimed 2002 autobiographical novel “A Tale of Love and Darkness” inspired Natalie Portman’s 2015 directorial debut, died Friday. He was age 79.

As Robert Alter writes in his concise and compelling biography, “Amos Oz: Writer, Activist, Icon,” Oz was “very much part of the international literary world”—indeed, his works have been ...

OCCUPIED JERUSALEM — Amos Oz, who died of cancer on Friday aged 79, was a celebrated Israeli novelist and passionate peace advocate whose stirring memoir ‘‘A Tale of Love and Darkness’’ became a ...

Celebrated Israeli author Amos Oz has published 18 books and is the recipient of numerous literary awards. His recent memoir, "A Tale of Love and Darkness," was an international bestseller.

Amos Oz was enormously influential, a literary giant whose work helped shape his fledgling country, Israel. But, Jessica Cohen says, he was also kind. “Even though he was famous, an ...

Singing classic Israeli songs, hundreds of mourners accompanied storied Israeli writer Amos Oz on his final journey Monday, burying the beloved novelist at the central Israel kibbutz where he ...

MADRID, Spain — Israeli intellectual Amos Oz was awarded the annual Prince of Asturias prize for literature Wednesday in recognition of his works denouncing extremism and advocating Israeli ...

Israeli writer and peace activist Amos Oz has accepted the prestigious Goethe cultural prize from the German city of Frankfurt for his life's work. Mr Oz picked up the award, which carries a ...