Yohanan Petrovsky-Shtern

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Full Name	Yohanan Petrovsky-Shtern
Occupation	Linguist
Date Of Birth	Apr 6, 1962(1962-04-06)
Age	62
Birthplace	Kyiv
Country	Ukraine
Horoscope	Aries

Yohanan Petrovsky-Shtern Biography

Yohanan Petrovsky-Shtern is one of the most popular and richest Linguist who was born on April 6, 1962 in Kyiv, Ukraine. Petrovsky-Shtern was a Ukrainian philologist who was born in Kiev, 1962, to Miron Petrovsky (Petrovs’kii Miron Semenovich). As his published translations by Jorge Luis Borges attest, his birth name was Ivan Petrovsky. He is a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), in Comparative Literature, from Moscow University. He also holds a second Doctor of Philosophy in Jewish History (PhD), from Brandeis University. He was a Rothschild Fellow in Hebrew University in Jerusalem, a Sensibar Visiting Prof at Spertus Institute for Jewish Learning and Leadership, Chicago, a Visiting Scholar in Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales and a research fellow at The National Endowment for the Humanities in Poland.

Petrovsky-Shtern exhibited solo at several venues, including the French Institute in Kiev, Ukraine, the Ukrainian Institute of America spring 2015 in New York City, the Ukrainian Institute of Modern Art February-March 2014, Chicago, and the Spertus Institute for Jewish Learning and Leadership Chicago in November 2012.

“Although Petrovsky Shtern’s primary fields of interest include literature and history, from the Jewish Middle Ages through Hasidic folklore to Gabriel Garcia Marquez’s prose to the Ukrainian Renaissance of the 1920s,” said Vasyl Makhno, critic and poet.

Yohanan Petrovsky-Shtern Net Worth

Yohanan Petrovsky-Shtern is one of the richest Linguist from Ukraine. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Yohanan Petrovsky-Shtern 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Yohanan Petrovsky Shtern was born April 6, 1962. He is an American historian and philologist. He is also known for his criticism of Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn’s controversial two-volume-work, Two Hundred Years Together. He is the Crown Family Prof of Jewish Studies at Northwestern University and a Professor in Jewish History in History Department.

Petrovsky-Shtern analyzes the folkways of his Jewish and Ukrainian heritage by “revisiting foundational stories from the Hebrew Bible and Eastern European Jewish folk-characters. Folk-tales and images from his native Ukraine and–of course –the Holocaust,” Jerome Chanes wrote in Jewish Week.

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Yohanan Ranked on the list of most popular Linguist. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Ukraine. Yohanan Petrovsky-Shtern celebrates birthday on April 6 of every year.

Top Facts about Yohanan Petrovsky-Shtern

1. Yohanan Petrovsky-Shtern is an American Jewish historian.
2. He was born in Ukraine and immigrated to the US.
3. Petrovsky-Shtern is a professor at Northwestern University.
4. He has written several books on Jewish history and culture.
5. His research focuses on Eastern European Jewish history.
6. Petrovsky-Shtern has won numerous awards for his work.
7. He is fluent in multiple languages, including Yiddish and Russian.
8. Petrovsky-Shtern’s work explores themes of identity and memory.
9. He has been featured in various media outlets for his expertise.
10. Petrovsky-Shtern’s scholarship has influenced the field of Jewish studies.