Nationality American Died 2008 Role Poet | Name David Altabe Occupation Scholar and poet | |
Born 1929 New York City Books Spanish and Portuguese Jewry Before and After 1492 | ||
David Fintz Altabé (1929–2008), was an internationally known scholar and poet specializing in Judeo-Spanish literature and Sephardic culture. He served twice as President of the American Society of Sephardic Studies as well as Vice-President of the American Association of Jewish Friends of Turkey. He also was on the Sephardic Council of Overseers and taught Spanish at the City University of New York where he was honored as Professor Emeritus.
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He was born in New York City to Sephardic parents of Turkish origin and died in November 2008.
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