In 1966,
Shmuel Yosef Agnon shared the
Nobel Prize in Literature with German Jewish author
Nelly Sachs. Leading poets include
Yehuda Amichai,
Nathan Alterman,
Leah Goldberg, and
Rachel Bluwstein. Internationally famous contemporary novelists include
Amos Oz,
Etgar Keret and
David Grossman.