Dalven, Rae
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Name (Latin)
Dalven, Rae
Name (Arabic)
دالفين، راي، 1904-
Other forms of name
Dalven, Rachel
D̲alian, Rachēl
Date of birth
1904-04-25
Date of death
1992-07-30
Field of activity
Drama
English literature
Greek literature
Greek poetry
Romaniots
Translating and interpreting
Occupation
Periodical editors
Translators
College teachers
Dramatists
Associated Language
eng
Gender
female
MARC
MARC
Sources of Information
- Dalven, Rae. Marriages are arranged in heaven, 2022:page 13-14 (Born in Preveza, Greece; emigrated in 1909 to the Romaniot community of the Lower East Side of New York; studied at Hunter College, Yale School of Drama (MFA, 1941) and New York University (Ph.D. 1962); taught at various universities, eventually retiring as chair of the Department of English at Ladycliff College; translated Greek poetry into English; wrote three autobiographical plays: Marriages are arranged in heaven (1983), Our kind of people (1989), and Esther (1983); wrote a historical play about a Jewish family in Nazi-occupied Athens, A matter of survival (1979); died in New York in 1994 [This is a mistake according to the editor, Adam Goldwyn; date of death is 1992])
- Eliyia, J. Poems, 1944
- Info. converted from 678, 2012-10-02(b. 1904; M.A.)
- Rae Dalven, 2022:title page (Rae Dalven [in rom.] = Ραε Νταλβεν = Rae D̲alven; Greek-Jewish American) page 17 (Rachel Dalven [in rom.] = Ραχηλ Νταλιαν = Rachēl D̲alian born 1904 in Preveza, Greece) page 77 (died in 1992)
- Rae Dalven (Rachel Dalven (25 April 1904, Preveza, Janina Vilayet, Ottoman Empire- 27 July 1992, New York City); Dalven also served as the editor-in-chief of The Sephardic Scholar at Yeshiva University, the president of the American Society of Sephardic Studies, and was on the board of the American Friends of the Jewish Museum of Greece. Towards the end of her life, she taught modern Modern Greek literature at New York University; The Rae Dalven Prize was established by NYU's Alexander S. Onassis Program in Hellenic Studies in 1997 to recognize academic excellence in Hellenic Studies among students at New York University ( (Wikipedia, February 27, 2024) )
- LCN note: b. 1904