Amos Oz (4 May 1939 - 28 December 2018) was an Israeli writer, novelist, journalist, and professor of literature at Ben-Gurion University in Beersheba. Born as Amos Klausner, he became one of the leading advocates for a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict since 1967. Throughout his career, he received numerous accolades including the Officier des Arts et Lettres in France in 1984, the Frankfurt Peace Prize in 1992, the Legion d'Honneur in 1997, the Príncipe de Asturias Award for Literature in Spain in 2007, and the Park Kyung-ni Prize in South Korea in 2015.
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Time Zone - Asia/Jerusalem (2:0 E)
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Meaning of the name - Amos
burden, strong
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Amos Oz belongs to the Silent Generation group.
Place of Birth: Jerusalem
Place of Death: Petah Tikva
Cause of Death: cancer
Educated At: Gymnasia Rehavia | Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Occupation: linguist | essayist | novelist | children's writer | journalist | pedagogue | university teacher | translator | poet | writer
Children: Fania Oz-Salzberger | Daniel Oz | Galia Oz
Employers: Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
Awards Received: honorary doctor of the University of Antwerp | honorary doctorate of the Weizmann Institute of Science | honorary doctor of Tel Aviv University | Grand Cross of the Order of Civil Merit | honorary doctor of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem | Siegfried Lenz Prize | Officer of Arts and Letters | Newman Prize | Abraham Geiger Prize | Prize of the International Book Fair in Torino | Ze'ev Prize | Prix Femina étranger | Princess of Asturias Literary Prize | Bernstein Prize | Brenner Prize | Knight of the Legion of Honour | Stefan Heym international award | Mount Zion Award | Dan David Prize | Siegfried Unseld Preis | Bialik Prize | Israel Prize | Heinrich Heine Prize | Peace Prize of the German Publishers' and Booksellers' Association | Goethe Prize | Franz Kafka Prize | Catalonia International Prize
Astrology Analysis
Note: This birth chart is calculated using the date and place of birth, with the time set to noon (12:00 PM) local time. While this provides accurate planetary positions for most celestial bodies, the Ascendant (Rising Sign) and house cusps are not calculated since they require precise birth time. For a complete astrological analysis including houses and rising sign, please provide the exact birth time.Ephemeris for May 4, 1939
Note: Moon position is location and time sensitive.| Planet | Position (Tropical, Western) | Transits on May 4, 2026 | Secondary Progressions for May 4, 2026 |
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| Sun | 13 Taurus 2 | 13 Taurus 58 | 6 Leo 20 |
| Moon | 22 Scorpio 39 | 13 Sagittarius 33 | 26 Capricorn 47 |
| Mercury | 16 Aries 31 | 2 Taurus 32 | 23 Leo 55 |
| Venus | 10 Aries 33 | 12 Gemini 25 | 26 Cancer 6 |
| Mars | 22 Capricorn 20 | 18 Aries 59 | 27 Capricorn 39 |
| Jupiter | 28 Pisces 31 | 19 Cancer 25 | 8 Aries 44 |
| Saturn | 23 Aries 58 | 9 Aries 25 | 1 Taurus 13 |
| Uranus | 17 Taurus 34 | 0 Gemini 29 | 21 Taurus 38 |
| Neptune | 20 Virgo 45 | 3 Aries 21 | 21 Virgo 25 |
| Pluto | 29 Cancer 19 | 5 Aquarius 30 | 1 Leo 14 |
| Rahu | 8 Scorpio 20 | 5 Pisces 37 | 3 Scorpio 44 |
| Ketu | 8 Taurus 20 | 5 Virgo 37 | 3 Taurus 44 |
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