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Ruth Wisse

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Ruth Wisse
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Facts

17 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
female[16]
Date of birth
May 13, 1936
Place of birth
Chernivtsi
Country of citizenship
Canada[4]
Occupation
literary scholar
Employer
Harvard University, McGill University, New York University, Stanford University, Tel Aviv University[7][8][9][10][11]
Field of work
Yiddish literature, comparative literature[5][6]
Educated at
McGill University, Columbia University, Pripstein's Camp Mishmar[12][13][14]
Award received
National Humanities Medal[15]
Sibling
David G. Roskies[25]
Work location
Tel Aviv University, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Cambridge, Montreal[19][20][21][22]
Languages spoken, written or signed
English[23]
Family name
Wisse[17]
Given name
Ruth[18]
Name in native language
Ruth Wisse[24]
On focus list of Wikimedia project
WikiProject Women in Religion[26]
🏷️ Also known as
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🔖 Identifiers · 40
ISNI
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VIAF cluster ID
19720423
Library of Congress Authorities ID
n79017124
GND ID
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Awards & Winners artist ID
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BIBSYS ID
90743529
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
121762095
C-SPAN person numeric ID
43463
C-SPAN person string ID (deprecated)
ruthwisse
Canadiana Name Authority ID
ncf10274400
CiNii Research ID
1140000791617505024
Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID
103718680
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Encyclopedia of Jewish Women ID
wisse-ruth
FAST ID
1439229
Freebase ID
/m/03c_q70
IdRef ID
030323118
IxTheo authority ID
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J9U entity ID
987007270051505171
JudaicaLink person (GND) ID
103718680
KBR person ID
14090163
NACSIS-CAT author ID
DA02979261
NL CR AUT ID
osd2012718475
NUKAT ID
n94003782
National Humanities Medal winner ID
ruth-r-wisse
National Library of Korea ID
KAC202269386
National Library of Lithuania ID
LNB:V*128994;=BT
National Library of Poland MMS ID
9810675810705606
National Library of Portugal ID
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National Virtual Library of India ID
475569
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
068328877
Open Library ID
OL834010A
PUG authority ID
238847
Parsifal cluster ID
156250
Pontificia Università della Santa Croce ID
148614
Prabook ID
1683495
RERO ID (legacy)
A009372516
SHARE Catalogue author ID
649411
SNAC ARK ID
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WorldCat Entities ID
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Yale LUX ID
person/cdab412f-e1f7-4557-9238-a106311fbcfb

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🔗 Connections
Employer 5
Harvard University, Stanford University, New York University, McGill University, Tel Aviv University
Educated at 2
Columbia University, McGill University
Field of work 2
comparative literature, Yiddish literature
Work location 2
Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Tel Aviv University
Award received 1
National Humanities Medal
Country of citizenship 1
Canada
Given name 1
Ruth
Instance of 1
human
Languages spoken, written or signed 1
English
Occupation 1
literary scholar
Place of birth 1
Chernivtsi
Sex or gender 1
female
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Summary

Ruth Wisse was born on May 13, 1936[1], in Chernivtsi[2]. She has worked as a literary scholar[3].

FAQs

Where was Ruth Wisse born?

Ruth Wisse was born in Chernivtsi[2].

What did Ruth Wisse do for work?

Ruth Wisse worked as a literary scholar[3].

Where did Ruth Wisse go to school?

Ruth Wisse was educated at McGill University[12], Columbia University[13], and Pripstein's Camp Mishmar[14].

What awards did Ruth Wisse receive?

Honors received include National Humanities Medal[15].

Related Entities

Canada Hebrew University of Jerusalem

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  2. [16] ↑ . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [3] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [11] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [1] ↑ . SNAC. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [18] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [21] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [22] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [23] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [25] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  26. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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  1. 1d ago · Printstream · 2026-11-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Work location → Tel Aviv University, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Cambridge +1
    "Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #65825: Import places from GND"
  2. 2d ago · Printstream · 2026-11-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    "Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #65778: add GND as source to unsourced or imported places and occupations"
  3. 5d ago · Printstream · 2026-11-07 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sibling → David G. Roskies
    "Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #64330: import sibling (P3373) from GND"
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