Dan JACOBSON

Background

Jacobson, Dan was born on March 7, 1929 in Johannesburg, South Africa. Son of Hyman Michael and Liebe (Melamed) Jacobson.

Education

Bachelor of Arts, University Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, 1949; Doctor of Letters (honorary), University Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, 1997.

Career

Worked in business and journalism in South. Africa, settled in England 1955. Fellow in Creative Writing, Stanford University, California 1956-1957. Professor, of English, Syracuse University, New York 1965-1966.

Visiting Fellow, State University of New York 1971, Humanities Research Centre, Australian National University, Canberra 1981.

Lecturer University College, London 197579. Reader in English, University of London 1979-1987.

Professor, of English, University College, London since 1988. Fellow Royal Society of Literature, London 1975.

John Llewelyn Rhys.

Achievements

• Dan Jacobson has been listed as a notable Writer by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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  • Inklings

    (In these dramatic, humorous and poignant short stories, D...)

  • The Rape Of Tamar

    (Dan Jacobson retells the age-old, biblical story of the r...)

  • Hidden in the Heart (Uncorrected Advance Proof)

    (Hidden in the Heart (Uncorrected Advance Proof):)

  • Hvitt og svart (Evidence of Love Norwegian Edition)
  • The Wonder-Worker
  • No Further West: California Visited
  • The Price Of Diamonds by Dan Jacobson
  • The Evidence of Love
  • No Further West * California Visited
  • The Zulu and the zeide;: Short stories
  • The Electronic Elephant: A Southern African Journey by Dan Jacobson (1995-02-02)
  • The Trap + A Dance in the Sun
  • Adult Pleasures: Essays on Writers and Readers by Dan Jacobson (1988-05-01)

Connections

Married Margaret Pye, February 13, 1954. Children: Simon Orde, Matthew, Jessica.

Father:

Hyman Michael Jacobson

Mother:

Liebe (Melamed) Jacobson

Spouse:

Margaret Pye

child:

Jessica Jacobson

child:

Simon Orde Jacobson

child:

Matthew Jacobson