Yaakov Agmon
{{Short description|Israeli theatre producer (1929–2020)}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Yaakov Agmon
| native_name = יעקב אגמון
| native_name_lang = Hebrew
| image = File:Yankale agmon11.jpg
| caption = Agmon in the early 1990s
| birth_name = Yankale Agmon
| birth_date = {{birth date|1929|6|24|df=y}}
| birth_place = Sokołów Podlaski, Second Polish Republic
| death_date = {{death date and age|2020|12|16|1929|6|24|df=y}}
| death_place = Ramat Gan, Israel
| occupation = {{hlist|Theater producer|manager|director}}
| yearsactive = 1956–2020
| other_names =
| relatives =
| children = 2
| parents =
| spouse = {{marriage|Gila Almagor|1963}}
}}
Yaakov Agmon ({{langx|he|יעקב אגמון}}{{lrm}}; 24 June 1929 – 16 December 2020) was an Israeli theater producer, manager, and director.[https://www.ishim.co.il/p.php?s=יעקב+אגמון Yaakov Agmon’s filmography] (in Hebrew)
Biography
Yaakov Agmon grew up in Tel Aviv, and was a member of the Hashomer Hatzair youth movement. He later moved to Kibbutz Harel, where he was involved with the planning and organization of events for the kibbutz movement. He was married to the actress Gila Almagor. Agmon died from pneumonia in the Sheba Medical Center in Ramat Gan on December 16, 2020, at the age of 91.{{cite news|url=https://e.walla.co.il/item/2760654 |title= יעקב אגמון, מבכירי עולם התיאטרון הישראלי, הלך לעולמו בגיל 91 |date=16 December 2020 |publisher=e.walla.co.il|language=he|access-date=23 December 2020}}
Theater and media career
Between 1956 and 1958, Agmon served as the director of the youth section in the United Jewish Appeal and also as a columnist and the secretary of the Rimon weekly publication. In 1958, after a reorganization of the Cameri Theatre, Agmon was appointed general director, a post he held for the next four years. In 1962 Agmon went to study in the United States and served as an advisor for the America Israel Cultural Foundation.
In 1964, Agmon established the Bimot Theatre. In 1978, he founded Beit Lessin Theater.Linda Ben-Zvi. Theater in Israel. University of Michigan Press, 1996. {{ISBN|0-472-10607-4}}. pg.22. See [https://books.google.com/books?id=v_tXKyDG5j4C&q=beit+lessin Theater in Israel on Google Books ] From 1968, Agmon hosted a weekly radio talk show, She'elot Ishiyot, on Israel Army Radio.
In 1995, Agmon was appointed general and artistic director of the Habima Theatre, in order to pull the theatre out of a financial crisis. He retired from the position in 2005, failing to achieve this goal, after much criticism.{{Cite web|url=http://www.ynet.co.il/articles/0,7340,L-1883029,00.html|script-title=he:לא בגלל אשתי|publisher=Ynet|date=May 10, 2002|author=Meidan, Anat|access-date=August 8, 2011|language=he}} In 2010, Agmon was appointed general manager of the Arabic–Hebrew theater of Jaffa.{{Cite web|url=http://www.globes.co.il/news/article.aspx?did=1000598009|script-title=he:יעקב אגמון, המנהל החדש של התיאטרון הערבי-עברי: "אני עדיין בגיל הרך"|publisher=Globes|author=Peleg-Rotem, Hagit|date=November 11, 2010|access-date=August 8, 2011|language=he}}
Agmon died in 2020 aged 91 from Covid-19.https://www.ynetnews.com/article/Bk9nxKw3w
Awards and recognition
In 2007, Agmon was awarded the Israeli theater award for his life's work.{{Cite web|url=http://www.e-mago.co.il/Editor/calt-1596.htm|script-title=he:יעקב אגמון - פרס התיאטרון הישראלי למפעל חיים|publisher=e-mago magazine|author=Lahman, Dan|date=November 11, 2010|access-date=March 30, 2007|language=he}}
References
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External links
- [http://www.aicf.org/ The America-Israel Cultural Foundation]
- [http://www.habima.co.il/show_item.asp?levelId=64318&itemType=0 Habima National Theatre] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110517031415/http://www.habima.co.il/show_item.asp?levelId=64318&itemType=0 |date=2011-05-17 }}
- [http://www.lessin.co.il/ENG/main.asp Beit Lessin Theatre] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100211224843/http://www.lessin.co.il/ENG/main.asp |date=2010-02-11 }}
- [http://www.cameri.co.il/index.php?page_id=1&lang_action=change_lang&to_lang=en Cameri Theatre]
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Category:Polish emigrants to Mandatory Palestine
Category:Israeli people of Polish-Jewish descent
Category:Polish Jews in Israel
Category:Israeli theatre directors
Category:Israeli theatre managers and producers
Category:20th-century Israeli Jews
Category:21st-century Israeli Jews