Behar, Ruth, 1956-

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Name (Latin)
Behar, Ruth, 1956-
Other forms of name
Behar Glinsky, Ruth, 1956-
Glinsky, Ruth Behar, 1956-
Date of birth
1956-11-12
Place of birth
Havana (Cuba)
Associated country
Cuba
Associate group
University of Michigan
Occupation
Poets
Translators
College teachers
Anthropologists
Associated Language
spaeng
Gender
female
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

VIAF: 73881475
Wikidata: Q1699866
Library of congress: n 85072342
Sources of Information
  • Across so many seas, 2024:title page (Ruth Behar) back cover flap (She is an anthropology professor at the University of Michigan)
  • Her Santa María del Monte, c1986:CIP t.p. (Ruth Behar) data sheet, etc. (b. 11/12/56, Havana, Cuba; Ph. D., Princeton Univ., Dept. of Anthro., 1983)
  • Poemas del mar y de la soledad, 2015:t.p. (Ruth Behar) preliminaries (Ruth Behar Glinsky; author of poems, translator)
  • Lucky broken girl, 2017:title page (Ruth Behar);about the author (born in Havana, Cuba, grew up in New York City and has also lived in Spain and Mexico; she is the Victor Haim Perera Collegiate Professor of Anthropology at the University of Michigan)
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Wikipedia description:

Ruth Behar is a Cuban-American anthropologist and writer. Her work includes academic studies, as well as poetry, memoir, and literary fiction. As an anthropologist, she has argued for the open adoption and acknowledgement of the subjective nature of research and participant-observers. She is a recipient of the Belpré Medal.

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