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David Dean Shulman

Israeli-American indologist, historian of religion, and poet · United States · On the map · Writers · Born 1949 · age 77

David Dean Shulman is an Israeli Indologist, poet and peace activist, known for his work on the history of religion in South India, Indian poetics, Tamil Islam, Dravidian linguistics, and Carnatic music.

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A life in dates

2016Israel PrizeAward2010The EMET Prize for Art, Science and CultureAward1987MacArthur Fellows ProgramAward1949Born13 January 1949

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Israel Prize2016
The EMET Prize for Art, Science and Culture2010
MacArthur Fellows Program1987
Guggenheim Fellowship
Rothschild Prize

About this person

Bilingual in Hebrew and English, he has mastered Sanskrit, Tamil, Hindi, and Telugu, and reads Greek, Russian, French, German, Persian, Arabic and Malayalam. He was formerly Professor of Indian Studies and Comparative Religion at the Hebrew University, Jerusalem, and professor in the now defunct Department of Indian, Iranian and Armenian Studies. Presently he holds a chair as Renee Lang Professor of Humanistic Studies at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem. He has been a member of the Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities since 1988.

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United States
Category
Writers
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Writer / Author
Status
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Dates
Born 1949 · age 77