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Anton Shammas

Palestinian writer, poet and translator (born 1950)
Person human Q562677

Facts

14 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[16]
Date of birth
1950, September 8, 1950[8]
Place of birth
Fassuta
Country of citizenship
Israel, United States[9][10]
Occupation
linguist, poet, translator, writer, literary critic, newspaper editor, playwright[11][12]
Employer
University of Michigan[13]
Educated at
International Writing Program, Hebrew University of Jerusalem[14][15]
Languages spoken, written or signed
Hebrew, Arabic[19][20]
Different from
Antoine Shammas[22]
Family name
Shammas[17]
Given name
Anton[18]
Name in native language
أنطون شماس[21]
Writing language
Arabic, Hebrew, English[23][24][25]
🏷️ Also known as
en Anton Shammas ar انطون شماس ar أنطون شماس de Schammas de Shammas de Anton Schammas he אנטון שמאס he אנטון שמס ru Антон Шамас zh 安东·沙马斯 zh-hant 安東·查馬斯
🔖 Identifiers · 34
ISNI
0000000066366612
VIAF cluster ID
41866586
Library of Congress authority ID
n86052950
GND ID
103213678
100-Year Guide to Hebrew Theatre person ID
2342
BAnQ authority ID
0000873516
BIBSYS ID
3045412
Babelio author ID
150308
Bait La Zemer Ha-Ivri artist ID
987007280264005171
Ben Yehuda author ID
2044
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
12088309z
Cairn author ID
794730
Show all 34 identifiers +22
FAST ID
198369
Freebase ID
/m/03d2ryw
Harper's tag
anton-shammas
ITHL author ID
14664
IdRef ID
029208629
JudaicaLink person (GND) ID
103213678
LMHL author ID
00820
Lebanese National Library ID
15038
MusicBrainz artist ID
7f26bb14-1c1e-49c1-a53c-1f7de70dd27b
NYRB contributor ID
anton-shammas
National Library of Israel ID (old)
000480700
National Library of Israel J9U ID
987007280264005171
National Library of Portugal ID
27170
National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID (BNE v1.0)
XX1156864
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
074756931
RERO ID (legacy)
A003825275
SBN author ID
RAVV046362
SHARE Catalogue author ID
642148
SNAC ARK ID
w6w096cq
The Literary Encyclopedia person ID
13076
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJrcjCHRyhCkQtkTFMvfv3
Yale LUX ID
person/438f254c-98f2-49f2-8a0d-25c4906f2b79

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🔗 Connections
Occupation 5
writer, poet, translator, linguist, literary critic
Writing language 3
English, Arabic, Hebrew
Country of citizenship 2
United States, Israel
Educated at 2
Hebrew University of Jerusalem, International Writing Program
Languages spoken, written or signed 2
Arabic, Hebrew
Employer 1
University of Michigan
Given name 1
Anton
Instance of 1
human
Place of birth 1
Fassuta
Sex or gender 1
male
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Summary

Anton Shammas was born on January 1, 1950[1], in Fassuta[2]. He has worked as a linguist[3], poet[4], translator[5], writer[6], and literary critic[7].

FAQs

Where was Anton Shammas born?

Anton Shammas's place of birth was Fassuta[2].

What did Anton Shammas do for work?

Anton Shammas worked as a linguist[3], poet[4], translator[5], writer[6], and literary critic[7].

Where did Anton Shammas go to school?

Anton Shammas was educated at International Writing Program[14] and Hebrew University of Jerusalem[15].

Related Entities

Hebrew University of Jerusalem Israel United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . Leksikon Ofek le-sifrut yeladim. wikidata.org.
  2. [16] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [5] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [6] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [12] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [1] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [8] ↑ . Leksikon Ofek le-sifrut yeladim. wikidata.org.
  17. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 24d ago · SR5 · 2026-10-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'arz', 'de', 'en', 'es', 'eu', 'he', 'no']
    Different from → Antoine Shammas
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Different from: Antoine Shammas, using [[User:Frettie/consistency check add.js]]"
  2. 9w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-08-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Cairn author ID → 794730
    Harper's tag → anton-shammas
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: anton-shammas, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289909316|anton shammas (#289909316)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's ta"
  3. 11w ago · Nezdek · 2026-08-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Babelio author ID → 150308
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Babelio author ID: 150308"
  4. 24w ago · Epìdosis · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    SBN author ID → RAVV046362
    Given name → Anton
    Family name → Shammas
    Employer → —
    + 14 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/32117|batch #32117]]: import P21 and P106 from GND (30)"
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