Denah Lida
Denah Lida (born September 9, 1923 in New York City , † July 27, 2007 ) was an American Romance philologist and Hispanist .
life and work
Denah Levy's parents immigrated to the United States from the Sephardic milieu of Thessaloniki . She studied at Hunter College and Columbia University (Master's thesis: El Sefardi de Nueva York. Observaciones sobre el judeo-espanol de Esmirna , 1944).
In 1952 she received her doctorate from the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México with the thesis El sefardi esmirniano de Nueva York (Mexico 1952). From 1955 to 1986 she taught Romance studies at Brandeis University .
Denah Lida was the second wife of the Romanist Raimundo Lida .
Other works
- (Ed.) Benito Pérez Galdós, El Amigo Manso , New York 1963
literature
- Studies in honor of Denah Lida , ed. by Mary G. Berg and Lanin A. Gyurko, Potomac 2005
Web links
- Literature by and about Denah Lida in the SUDOC catalog (Association of French University Libraries)
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SURNAME | Lida, Denah |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Levy, Denah; Levy Lida, Denah |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American Romance Studies and Hispanic Studies |
DATE OF BIRTH | September 9, 1923 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | New York City |
DATE OF DEATH | July 27, 2007 |