Benjamin Harshav (1928–2015)
Author of The Meaning of Yiddish
About the Author
Benjamin Harshav is Jacob and Hilda Blaustein Professor of Hebrew and Comparative Literature at Yale University
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Wrote poetry under the pseudonyms Gabi Daniel (in Hebrew) and H. Binyomin (in Yiddish).
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- Canonical name
- Harshav, Benjamin
- Other names
- Hruszowski, Benjamin (birth name)
- Birthdate
- 1928
- Date of death
- 2015-04-23
- Gender
- male
- Birthplace
- Wilno, Poland (now Vilnius, Lithuania)
- Place of death
- New Haven, Connecticut, USA
- Places of residence
- Chkalov, Soviet Union
Munich, Germany
Jerusalem, Israel
Palestine - Education
- Orenburg University
- Occupations
- professor (Hebrew Language and Literatures)
translator
poet
Hebrew literature scholar
professor (Comparative Literature, Slavic Languages and Literatures) - Organizations
- Yale University
Tel Aviv University - Awards and honors
- American Academy of Arts and Sciences (Fellow, 2005)
- Disambiguation notice
- Wrote poetry under the pseudonyms Gabi Daniel (in Hebrew) and H. Binyomin (in Yiddish).
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Marc Chagall: The Lost Jewish World by Benjamin Harshav
You don't have to be Jewish to enjoy and learn from this. It teachws you how to understand the language of color and imagery with which a painter seeks to communicate. This will enrich your ability your ability really to enjoy art
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