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Sasson Somekh was born on 21 September, 1933 in Baghdad, Iraq, is an Israeli academic. Discover Sasson Somekh's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 86 years old?

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Age 86 years old
Zodiac Sign Virgo
Born 21 September 1933
Birthday 21 September
Birthplace Baghdad, Iraq
Date of death 18 August, 2019
Died Place Tel Aviv, Israel
Nationality Iraq

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1930

He shows that the educated middle class that achieved prominence in the 1930s and '40s was the main influence on the norms of life in the Jewish community.

Also, he depicts the Jews of Iraq enjoying neighborly relations with their Muslim neighbors - perhaps not idyllic but of mutual respect.

1951

In 1951, Somekh and his family immigrated to Israel.

He did not know Hebrew at the time, but started learning it in earnest in order to achieve his goal of becoming a translator of Arabic poetry into Hebrew.

It describes his life between Tel Aviv, Oxford, Princeton, and Cairo between 1951 and 2000.

1954

His first translation was published in 1954 in Ner, a journal published by Ihud ("Unity"), an association dedicated to the advancement of Arab–Jewish reconciliation established by Judah Magnes.

Somekh earned a Bachelor's degree in Hebrew Language and History from Tel Aviv University, and a Master's degree in Linguistics of Semitic languages at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

1962

In 1962–1965, Somekh served as scientific secretary of the Academy of the Hebrew Language.

1966

He did his doctorate at Oxford University in 1966–1968.

His subject was the novels of Naguib Mahfouz, concentrating on the Cairo Trilogy.

Over the years Mahfouz and Somekh became friends.

The thesis supervisor was Egyptian scholar Mustafa Badawi.

Upon his return to Israel he became a lecturer in Arabic Literature.

1970

The book moves between the four major stations of his life: Tel Aviv - where he lived and worked for 40 years as a professor of Arabic literature; Oxford - where he received his PhD; Princeton - where he was occasionally a visiting professor in the 1970s and '80s; and Cairo - the city in which he did much literary research and where he headed the Israel Academic Center.

1972

He served as chairman of the Arabic Language and Literature department at Tel Aviv University in 1972–1984.

1980

In 1980, he became a full professor.

1982

Between 1982 and 2003, he held the Helmos Chair for Arabic Literature.

1996

In 1996–1998 he was head of the Israel Academic Center in Cairo.

He was a visiting professor at Princeton University, St Antony's College, Oxford, Annenberg Research Institute, NYU and Uppsala University.

2004

In 2004, he received an honorary doctorate from Ben Gurion University.

2005

In 2005, Somekh was awarded the Israel Prize, for Middle Eastern studies.

At the age of 70, Somekh wrote the first volume of his autobiography, Baghdad, Yesterday: The Making of an Arab Jew.

The book was published in Hebrew and has been translated into Arabic, English and Turkish.

In the book he describes his life as a Jewish child and teenager in Baghdad during the first 17 years of his life.

He speaks of being a secular Jewish child from a secular Jewish home.

2007

He is among the founders of the Academy of the Arabic Language in Israel, established in December 2007 in collaboration with several former students.

He wrote ten books, many translations from Arabic to Hebrew, among which are four anthologies of modern Arabic poetry, and about 90 articles in academic journals.

Over the past 50 years Somekh published hundreds of articles in literary magazines and supplements such as Iton 77, Halikon and Moznayim.

His articles deal mainly with modern Arabic literature and writers, connections between Arabic and Hebrew literature and the Cairo Geniza.

He was a regular contributor to the newspaper Haaretz.

2008

The second volume, Yamim Hazuyim ("Call it Dreaming") was published in 2008.

2019

Sasson Somekh (ساسون سوميخ; ששון סומך) (1933 – 18 August 2019) was an Israeli academic, writer and translator.

He was professor emeritus of Modern Arab Literature at Tel Aviv University.

Sasson Somekh was born in Baghdad to a secular Jewish family.