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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 428

Amos Oz

Fania Oz-Salzberger outside her grandmother's house in Rivne, November 2014. In the film, Oz-Salzberger could be seen visiting sites author Amos Oz had heard about in his childhood, but never seen with his own eyes. (credit Yifa Yaakov)
March 17, 2021, 4:34 pm
Amos Oz’s daughter pushes back against sister’s claim of father’s ‘serial abuse’
Fania Oz-Salzberger rejects allegations made in autobiography, notes that Galia Oz often left her own children in the care of her parents
By Stuart Winer and ToI Staff
Amos Oz takes part in the International Writers Festival in Jerusalem on May 3, 2010. (Yossi Zamir/Flash90)
February 22, 2021, 11:34 pm
Amos Oz’s daughter on abuse allegations: ‘It was harder to be silent’
As her family denies accusations, Galia Oz insists she was beaten by the late author, says she has letter from him acknowledging hitting her
By ToI Staff
Israeli author Amos Oz at Beit Avi Chai in Jerusalem. (Courtesy)
February 21, 2021, 5:58 pm
In new book, Amos Oz’s daughter accuses late novelist of ‘serial abuse’
Author’s widow and two other children dispute charges made by Galia Oz: ‘We knew a different father’
By ToI Staff
Russian author Lyudmila Ulitskaya meets with readers at the International Book Fair of Hungary, April 24, 2009. (MTI, Lajos Soos/AP)
October 8, 2020, 1:12 pm
Jewish Russian author among frontrunners for Nobel in literature
Among the contenders given best odds of winning are Lyudmila Ulitskaya; Israeli author David Grossman also spoken of in run-up to award announcement
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Taking a walk on a camel's back in the Judean Desert adjacent to Arad. (Courtesy Kfar Hanokdim)
April 27, 2019, 6:39 am
36 hours in Arad, at the edge of the Judean and Negev deserts
Take a break in this activity-filled southern town, where desert life and civilization meet up perfectly
By Jessica Steinberg
Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States Ruth Bader Ginsburg appears at Adas Israel Congregation in Washington, DC, on February 1, 2018. (Ron Sachs/ CNP, via JTA)
April 1, 2019, 8:04 pm
Ruth Bader Ginsburg makes rare public appearance at Amos Oz memorial event
The Supreme Court justice, recovering from surgery, honors the late Israeli author at a memorial in Washington
By JTA
Acclaimed author Etgar Keret at the award ceremony for the 2019 Sapir Prize, Israel's equivalent of the Man Booker Prize, for his latest collection of short stories, 'A Glitch at the Edge of the Galaxy' Shuka Cohen)
January 22, 2019, 11:52 pm
Flash fiction master Etgar Keret snags Israel’s top literary award
Acclaimed author of absurdist short stories wins Sapir Prize for collection, ‘A Glitch at the Edge of the Galaxy’
By Jessica Steinberg
Palestinian Authority President Mahmud Abbas speaks to the press after meeting French President Emmanuel Macron at the Elysee Palace in Paris on September 21, 2018. (AFP Photo/Ludovic Marin)
January 1, 2019, 2:15 am
Palestinians pay homage to Amos Oz, ‘supporter of peace’
In a letter to Oz’s family, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas writes that the late Israeli author was ‘a defender of just causes’
By Adam Rasgon
Amos Oz reading from one of his books in 2011. (photo credit: Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)
December 31, 2018, 11:45 pm
In forgotten article after Six Day War, Amos Oz warned of ‘eternal annexation’
Recently returned from the battlefield, the writer, then 28, penned a bitter denunciation of Moshe Dayan’s settlement policies: ‘The shorter the occupation, the better for us’
By Mitch Ginsburg
Friends and family mourn by the grave of author Amos Oz during a his funeral in Kibbutz Hulda, on December 31, 2018. (Hadas Parush/ Flash90)
December 31, 2018, 9:21 pm
Accompanied by melancholy songs, writer Amos Oz buried on kibbutz of his youth
Family and friends at funeral remember warmth and love of country by author who ‘was a compass and a conscience for many’
By ToI Staff and Agencies
President Reuven Rivlin delivers a speech during a memorial service for late writer Amos Oz on December 31, 2018 in Tel Aviv (Photo by Jack GUEZ / AFP)
December 31, 2018, 2:17 pm
Rivlin eulogizes author Amos Oz: ‘You weren’t afraid to be called a traitor’
President pays tribute to his childhood friend, whose writing, he says, ‘lit the streetlights to show the reality of our lives here’
By ToI Staff and Agencies
A photo of Israeli writer Amos Oz at his house in Tel Aviv from November 2015. Oz was nominated Thursday, April 20, 2017 for the Booker Man International Prize for his novel 'Judas' (Courtesy Dan Balilty/AP)
December 31, 2018, 8:14 am
Amos Oz to be buried Monday after public pays its respects
Israel Prize winner will lie in repose in Tel Aviv from 10:30 a.m. before he is interred at the kibbutz where he was educated
By ToI Staff and Agencies
Amos Oz takes part in the International Writers Festival in Jerusalem on May 3, 2010. (Yossi Zamir/Flash90)
December 30, 2018, 4:39 pm
Death of a prophet: 8 things to know for December 30
Amos Oz, who chronicled over half a century of life in Israel, is remembered in newspapers as a mensch and literary giant who never faltered in his moral convictions
By Tamar Pileggi
Amos Oz and his cat, in his Tel Aviv living room in September 2016 (Jessica Steinberg/Times of Israel)
December 29, 2018, 9:22 pm
Remembering the wise, gracious Amos Oz, and his cat snoring softly on my lap
The celebrated writer turned the tables on me during a 2016 interview
By Jessica Steinberg
Amos Oz takes part in the International Writers Festival in Jerusalem on May 3, 2010. (Yossi Zamir/Flash90)
December 29, 2018, 7:52 pm
Fellow writers, Natalie Portman mourn death of ‘brave’ ‘mensch’ Amos Oz
Author David Grossman says ‘the world is diminished a little’ with Oz’s passing; A.B. Yehoshua eulogizes a ‘wonderful writer’ and friend
By ToI Staff
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