Shmuel Yosef Agnon, a renowned figure in modern Hebrew fiction, is celebrated for his profound and beloved literary works that draw on traditional Jewish texts like the siddur, Hebrew Bible, and rabbinic literature, playing a key role in the revival of modern Hebrew literature worldwide.

"To This Day" is a novel by Shmuel Yosef Agnon set in wartime Berlin.

Shmuel Yosef Agnon's work "The Ubiquitous Gabirol" delves into the story of a mystical encounter with the medieval poet Solomon ibn Gabirol, where Agnon weaves a narrative connecting past Jewish communities to the horrors of the Holocaust.