Amos Elon
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Amos Elon was an Israel
i journalist and author.
. He immigrated to Mandate Palestine in 1933. He studied law and history in Israel and England. He was married to Beth Elon, a New York-born literary agent, with whom he had one daughter, Danae. In the 1990s, Elon began to spend much of his time in Italy
. In 2004 he moved there permanently, citing disillusionment with developments in Israel since 1967.
Elon died on May 25, 2009 in Tuscany
, Italy, aged 82.
. He took a leave of absence from Haaretz in 1971 and resumed in 1978. Amos retired from Haaretz in 2001. Amos Elon was an early advocate for the creation of a Palestinian state and withdrawal from the territories occupied by Israel in 1967. He was a frequent contributor to the New York Review of Books and The New York Times Magazine
. For many years, he was widely regarded as one of Israel's leading journalists.
Elon was the author of nine books. He rose to international fame in the early 1970s after publishing The Israelis: Founders and Sons, described as "an affectionate but unsparing portrait of the early Zionists".
School of Law.
Israel
The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...
i journalist and author.
Biography
Amos (Sternbach) Elon was born in ViennaVienna
Vienna is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Austria and one of the nine states of Austria. Vienna is Austria's primary city, with a population of about 1.723 million , and is by far the largest city in Austria, as well as its cultural, economic, and political centre...
. He immigrated to Mandate Palestine in 1933. He studied law and history in Israel and England. He was married to Beth Elon, a New York-born literary agent, with whom he had one daughter, Danae. In the 1990s, Elon began to spend much of his time in Italy
Italy
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. In 2004 he moved there permanently, citing disillusionment with developments in Israel since 1967.
Elon died on May 25, 2009 in Tuscany
Tuscany
Tuscany is a region in Italy. It has an area of about 23,000 square kilometres and a population of about 3.75 million inhabitants. The regional capital is Florence ....
, Italy, aged 82.
Journalistic career
Beginning in the 1950s, Elon served as a correspondent on European and American affairs for the newspaper HaaretzHaaretz
Haaretz is Israel's oldest daily newspaper. It was founded in 1918 and is now published in both Hebrew and English in Berliner format. The English edition is published and sold together with the International Herald Tribune. Both Hebrew and English editions can be read on the Internet...
. He took a leave of absence from Haaretz in 1971 and resumed in 1978. Amos retired from Haaretz in 2001. Amos Elon was an early advocate for the creation of a Palestinian state and withdrawal from the territories occupied by Israel in 1967. He was a frequent contributor to the New York Review of Books and The New York Times Magazine
The New York Times Magazine
The New York Times Magazine is a Sunday magazine supplement included with the Sunday edition of The New York Times. It is host to feature articles longer than those typically in the newspaper and has attracted many notable contributors...
. For many years, he was widely regarded as one of Israel's leading journalists.
Elon was the author of nine books. He rose to international fame in the early 1970s after publishing The Israelis: Founders and Sons, described as "an affectionate but unsparing portrait of the early Zionists".
Academic career
In 2007-2008, Amos Elon was a fellow at the Center for Law and Security at New York UniversityNew York University
New York University is a private, nonsectarian research university based in New York City. NYU's main campus is situated in the Greenwich Village section of Manhattan...
School of Law.
Published works
- Journey Through a Haunted Land - the new Germany
- The Israelis, Founders and Sons
- Herzl, a biography
- Flight into Egypt
- Timetable, a novel
- Jerusalem, Battleground of Memory
- A Blood-dimmed Tide- Dispatches from the Middle East
- Founder, the first Rothschild
- The Pity of It All: A Portrait of Jews In Germany 1743 - 1933 (JQ Wingate Prize)
External links
- Under the Tuscan sun Interview with Haaretz, 2004
- Amos Elon: The New York Review of Books, 2008
- Amos Elon - Daily Telegraph obituary