Nobel Prize laureate Shmuel Y. Agnon received a visit from a group of Israel Arab writers last night who informed him that an Arabic translation of his works is due to appear this spring. The visitors told Mr. Agnon that the project was undertaken to acquaint Arabs with the background of the Jewish people.
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