Amnon Shamosh

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| caption = Shamosh in 2009

| native_name = אמנון מוש

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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1929|1|28|df=y}}

| birth_place = Aleppo, Syria

| death_date = {{Death date and age|2022|3|1|1929|1|28|df=y}}

| death_place = Ma'ayan Baruch, Israel

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| native_name_lang = he

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| occupation = Author and poet

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Amnon Shamosh ({{Langx|he|אמנון מוש}}; 28 January 1929 – 1 March 2022) was an Israeli author and poet.{{Cite web |title=Amnon Shamosh, Institute for Translation of Hebrew Literature |url=https://www.ithl.org.il/page_13849 |access-date=2023-05-24 |language=en}}

Biography

Shamosh was born in Aleppo, Syria, France. In his childhood he immigrated to Mandatory Palestine and participated in the 1948 Arab–Israeli War in a Palmach unit. He studied at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He was a founder of kibbutz Ma'ayan Baruch.

Shamosh died in Ma'ayan Baruch on 1 March 2022, at the age of 93.{{Cite web |date=2022-03-01 |title=הסופר אמנון שמוש ("מישל עזרא ספרא ובניו") הלך לעולמו בגיל 93 - וואלה! תרבות |url=https://e.walla.co.il/item/3492064 |access-date=2022-03-02 |website=וואלה! |language=he}}