Dan Miron

Dan Miron
דן מירון
Miron in 2021
Born (1934-11-13) November 13, 1934 (age 91)
OccupationsLiterary critic, author, professor
Employer(s)Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Columbia University
Known forModern Hebrew and Yiddish literature
Awards

Dan Miron (Hebrew: דן מירון; born 13 November 1934) is an Israeli-born American literary critic, author, and professor of Hebrew.

An expert on modern Hebrew and Yiddish literature, Miron is a Professor emeritus at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He is currently the Leonard Kaye Professor of Hebrew and Comparative Literature in the Department of Middle Eastern, South Asian, and African Studies (MESAAS) at Columbia University.

Since the 1950s Professor Miron has published dozens of books and hundreds of articles on modern Hebrew and Yiddish writers, including Hayim Nahman Bialik, Nathan Alterman, Uri Zvi Greenberg, and Sholem Aleichem.

In 2012, Miron co-founded the Afik Publishing House of Israeli Literature with Iftach Alony and Lily Perry.

Awards and critical acclaim

Bibliography

References

  1. 1 2 "Dan Miron". Columbia University. Archived from the original on December 24, 2018. Retrieved November 30, 2017.
  2. ↑ Coby Ben-Simhon (May 23, 2012). "Aloni's literature project". Haaretz.
  3. ↑ Neta Halperin (December 18, 2015). "Invested in literature". Israel Hayom.
  4. ↑ "List of Bialik Prize recipients 1933–2004 (in Hebrew), Tel Aviv Municipality website" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on December 17, 2007.
  5. ↑ Molisak, Alina; Ronen, Shoshana, eds. (2017). "Contributors". The Trilingual Literature of Polish Jews from Different Perspectives: In Memory of I.L. Peretz. Cambridge Scholars Publishing. p. 383. ISBN 9781527502673. Dan Miron wrote an essay for this book. The year for Miron's prize is not noted.
  6. ↑ "Past Winners". Jewish Book Council. Archived from the original on June 5, 2020. Retrieved January 25, 2020.
  7. ↑ "The General Assembly of the Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities has selected five new members of the Academy". The Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities (in Hebrew). September 9, 2020. Archived from the original on January 21, 2025. Retrieved October 22, 2025.
  8. ↑ "Music From Her Own Mind; Poetry ," By Isaac Meyers, Jewish Daily Forward, Wed. September 19, 2007