Amnon Shamosh

• Name — Amnon Shamosh • Native Name — אמנון מוש • Born — 28 January 1929 • Birthplace — Aleppo, Syria • Died — 1 March 2022 • Place of death — Ma'ayan Baruch, Israel • Occupation — Author and poet

Shamosh was born in Aleppo, Syria. 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.

Shamosh wrote in hebrew stories, novels, and poetry: • My Sister the Bride (1974, Massada Press, published in English in 1979) • Michel Ezra Safra and Sons (1978, Massada Press) • Calamus and Cinnamon (1979, Massada Press) • A Kibbutz is a Kibbutz is a Kibbutz (1980, Massada Press) • With Me from Lebanon (1981, Hakibbutz Hameuchad) • The Cedars of Lebanon (1990, Massada Press) • Marrano Mountain (1991, Massada Press, published in English in 1992) • Autumn Stories, Fall Colors (1995, Modan) • On the Silk Road (2000, Aviv) • Liri's Chronicles: Stories from the Third Half (2015, Massada Press) Shamosh also wrote non-fiction books • Haketer, the Story of the Aleppo Codex (1987, Ben Zvi Institute) • From the Source (1988, Carta) • Good Morning Alz Heimer (2015, Massada Press)