David Fintz Altabé (1929–2008), was an internationally known scholar and poet specializing in Judeo-Spanish literature and Sephardic culture. He served twice as President of the American Society of Sephardic Studies as well as Vice-President of the American Association of Jewish Friends of Turkey. He also was on the Sephardic Council of Overseers and taught Spanish at the Queensborough Community College of the City University of New York where he was honored as professor emeritus.

David Fintz Altabé
Born1929
New York City
Died2008
Tampa, Florida
Alma materColumbia University
Occupations
  • Scholar
  • poet
  • professor
Children2

He was born in New York City to Sephardic parents of Turkish origin and died in November 2008.[1]

Works authored

edit

As an editor:

  • Altabé, David Fintz, Erhan Atay, and Israel J. Katz, eds. Studies on Turkish Jewish History: political and social relations, literature, and linguistics: the quincentennial papers. Brooklyn, New York: Sepher-Hermon Press, 1996.

Works translated

edit
  • Sadacca, Haim Vitali. Un Ramo de Poemas: A Bouquet of Poems. Translated by David Fintz Altabé. New York: Foundation for the Advancement of Sephardic Studies and Culture, 2009.
  • Bécquer, Gustavo Adolfo. Symphony of Love: Las Rimas. Translated by David Fintz Altabé and Joan Altabé. Long Beach, New York: Regina, 1974.

References

edit
  1. ^ "Guide to the David Fintz Altabé Papers, 1978-2000 (bulk 1985-1998) ASF AR 12". findingaids.cjh.org.
edit