Shmuel Yosef Agnon

Shmuel Yosef Agnon (July 17, 1888 – Febụwarị 17, 1970) bụ Nobel Prize laureate odee wee bụrụ otu n'ime ihe ama ama nke Hibru nke oge a akụkọ ifo.

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• Agadi nwoke ahụ… nara Sabbath jiri abụ dị ụtọ wee tie emume nsọ n'elu mmanya mịrị amị; mb͕e ubọchi fọduru o doro nsọ, anyanwu we bia legide enyo-ya anya. … Tebụl a gbasara nke ọma na mkpụrụ osisi niile, agwa, akwụkwọ ndụ akwụkwọ ndụ na ezigbo achịcha, mmiri plum na-atọ ụtọ dị ka mmanya, mana anụ ahụ na azụ̀ enweghị ihe ịrịba ama. … n'eziokwu, ọ dịghị mkpa ka a na-eri anụ na azụ… Ya na nwanyị, nke pụtara agadi nwoke na agadi nwanyị, nwere ọ dịghị mgbe ọ detụrụ anụ kemgbe ha tozuo okè.
  • The Bridal Canopy, translated by I. M. Lask, New York: Literary Guild of America, 1937, p. 222.

• Ka m wee ghara imetụ ihe ọ bụla e kere eke anya, m ga-ekwukwa banyere anụ ụlọ, anụ ọhịa na anụ ufe ndị m mụtara ihe n’aka ha. Job kwuru ogologo oge gara aga (35:11): “Ònye na-akụziri anyị ihe karịa anụ ọhịa nke ụwa, na-emekwa ka anyị mara ihe karịa anụ ufe nke eluigwe? Ụfọdụ n’ime ihe m mụtara n’aka ha ka m dere n’akwụkwọ m, ma ọ na-atụ m ụjọ na amụtabeghị m otú m kwesịrị inwe, n’ihi na mgbe m nụrụ ka nkịta na-agba, ma ọ bụ twitter nnụnụ, ma ọ bụ oké ọkpa, amaghị m ma hà na-ekele m maka ihe niile m gwara ha, ma ọ bụ na-akpọ m òkù.
  • Speech at the Nobel Banquet at the City Hall in Stockholm (10 December 1966), in Nobelprize.org.