The author of books including Black Box, A Tale of Love and Darkness and In the Land of Israel, has died from cancer
The esteemed Israeli novelist Amos Oz has died at the age of 79, from cancer.
The author of 18 books in Hebrew and a longtime candidate for the Nobel prize for literature, Oz was best known for novels including Black Box, In the Land of Israel and A Tale of Love and Darkness, his bestselling autobiographical novel. Much of his work, both fiction and non-fiction, explored kibbutz life and picked apart his characters’ often complex relationships with Israel and modern politics – reflective of his own.
Related: Amos Oz: ‘I love Israel, but I don’t like it very much’
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