Shmuel Yosef Agnon — Ukrainian Writer born on July 17, 1888, died on February 17, 1970
Shmuel Yosef Agnon was a Nobel Prize laureate writer and was one of the central figures of modern Hebrew fiction. In Hebrew, he is known by the acronym Shai Agnon. In English, his works are published under the name S. Y. Agnon... (wikipedia)