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Ruth Behar

Jewish Cuban American writer
Person Human Q1699866

Facts

14 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
female[16]
Date of birth
November 12, 1956
Place of birth
Havana
Country of citizenship
United States, Cuba[7][8]
Occupation
anthropologist, university teacher, writer, film director
Employer
University of Michigan[9]
Educated at
Princeton University, Wesleyan University[10][11]
Award received
Guggenheim Fellowship, MacArthur Fellows Program, Belpré Medal[12][13][14]
Official website
www.ruthbehar.com[19]
Languages spoken, written or signed
English[20]
Family name
Behar (surname)[17]
Given name
Ruth[18]
Member of
American Academy of Arts and Sciences[15]
🏷️ Also known as
en Ruth Behar ar روث بيهار hu Behar
🔖 Identifiers · 42
ISNI
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VIAF cluster ID
73881475
Library of Congress Authorities ID
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GND ID
133007464
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Ruth Behar.jpg ↗
Academic Tree ID
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Awards & Winners artist ID
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BIBSYS ID
90886199, 98011832
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
12096313x
CANTIC ID
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CONOR.SI ID
132987491
Canadiana Name Authority ID
ncf11272166
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CiNii Research ID
1140282266558685952
DUC ID
ruth-behar
EcuRed article
Ruth_Behar
FAST ID
156359
Freebase ID
/m/07j2tp
Guggenheim fellows ID
ruth-behar
HAND ID
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IMDb ID
nm1333189
IdRef ID
029309700
IxTheo authority ID
530087391
J9U entity ID
987007258194405171
JudaicaLink person (GND) ID
133007464
KBR person ID
14265115
LittleSis people ID
108220
MacArthur Fellows Program ID
327, class-of-1988/ruth-behar
NACSIS-CAT author ID
DA00317357
NL CR AUT ID
jx20070111001
NUKAT ID
n2004258195
National Library of Poland MMS ID
9810624393805606
National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID
XX842054
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
072835028
Obálky knih ID
jx20070111001
Parsifal cluster ID
605960
RERO ID (legacy)
A002984971
SBN author ID
MILV145910
SHARE Catalogue author ID
156661
SNAC ARK ID
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WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJp9m47jXP8KgqRVJmBVmd
X (Twitter) username
ruthbehar
Yale LUX ID
person/810c16a9-6a2f-4d86-b663-5d9772bc52f8

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🔗 Connections
Occupation 4
writer, film director, anthropologist, university teacher
Award received 2
Guggenheim Fellowship, MacArthur Fellows Program
Country of citizenship 2
United States, Cuba
Educated at 2
Princeton University, Wesleyan University
Employer 1
University of Michigan
Given name 1
Ruth
Instance of 1
human
Languages spoken, written or signed 1
English
Member of 1
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Place of birth 1
Havana
Sex or gender 1
female
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Summary

Ruth Behar was born on November 12, 1956[1], in Havana[2]. She has worked as an anthropologist[3], university teacher[4], writer[5], and film director[6].

FAQs

Where was Ruth Behar born?

Ruth Behar was born in Havana[2].

What did Ruth Behar do for work?

Ruth Behar worked as an anthropologist[3], university teacher[4], writer[5], and film director[6].

Where did Ruth Behar go to school?

Ruth Behar was educated at Princeton University[10] and Wesleyan University[11].

What awards did Ruth Behar receive?

Honors received include Guggenheim Fellowship[12], MacArthur Fellows Program[13], and Belpré Medal[14].

Related Entities

Cuba United States Wesleyan University

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [16] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [3] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [5] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [12] ↑ . gf.org. Retrieved . gf.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [13] ↑ . macfound.org. macfound.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [14] ↑ . ala.org. ala.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [1] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [20] ↑ . CONOR.SI. wikidata.org.

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