Background
Shaked, Gershon was born on July 8, 1929 in Vienna, Austria. Son of Aharon and Esther (Grossman) Mandel. arrived in Israel, 1939.
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Shaked, Gershon was born on July 8, 1929 in Vienna, Austria. Son of Aharon and Esther (Grossman) Mandel. arrived in Israel, 1939.
Bachelor, Hebrew University Jerusalem, 1953. Master of Arts, Hebrew University Jerusalem, 1960. Doctor of Philosophy, Hebrew University Jerusalem, 1964.
Doctor of Philosophy (honorary), Hebrew Union College, Cincinnati, 1994. Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Jewish Theological Seminary, New York City, 1996.
Senior lecturer Hebrew literature, Hebrew U. Jerusalem, 1967-1971;
associate professor, Hebrew U. Jerusalem, 1971-1975;
professor, Hebrew U. Jerusalem, since 1975;
department chairman, Hebrew U. Jerusalem, 1973-1975, 89-91. Department chairman theatre Tel Aviv U., 1969-1971. Visiting professor University of California, Berkeley, 1976, 83, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1975, 95.
Adjunct visiting professor Jewish Theological Seminary, 1987-1993. Chairman literature committee Arts Council Israel, 1992-1994. General editor, moderator television program Literature and Society, 1987-1992.
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Fellow American Academy for Jewish Research (correspondent). Member Association for Jewish Studies, Congress for Jewish Studies, Institute for Translation Hebrew Literature (board directors 1978).
Married Malka Magenza, October 6, 1953. Children: Dalith Kimor, Ephrat Golan.