Dorothea Krook-Gilead
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Dorothea Krook-Gilead was an Israeli literary scholar, a translator, and a professor of English literature at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem
and at Tel Aviv University
.
, Latvia
and moved to South Africa
at the age of eight. She earned a degree in English literature at the University of Cape Town
. In 1946 she was awarded a scholarship to Newnham College, at Cambridge University, where she earned her Ph.D.
and spent 14 years as a research fellow and assistant lecturer. Among her students there was the poet Sylvia Plath
, who wrote that Krook was her ideal of a successful career woman and wonderful human being. While at Newnham, Krook published her first major critical work, Three Traditions of Moral Thought.
In 1960, she immigrated to Israel and began teaching at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem in the Department of English Literature.
Krook married the poet Zerubavel Gilad in 1968 and became a member of Kibbutz
Ein Harod
. She translated many of his poems into English.
Krook died on November 13, 1989.
Hebrew University of Jerusalem
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem ; ; abbreviated HUJI) is Israel's second-oldest university, after the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology. The Hebrew University has three campuses in Jerusalem and one in Rehovot. The world's largest Jewish studies library is located on its Edmond J...
and at Tel Aviv University
Tel Aviv University
Tel Aviv University is a public university located in Ramat Aviv, Tel Aviv, Israel. With nearly 30,000 students, TAU is Israel's largest university.-History:...
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Biography
Krook was born in RigaRiga
Riga is the capital and largest city of Latvia. With 702,891 inhabitants Riga is the largest city of the Baltic states, one of the largest cities in Northern Europe and home to more than one third of Latvia's population. The city is an important seaport and a major industrial, commercial,...
, Latvia
Latvia
Latvia , officially the Republic of Latvia , is a country in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by Estonia , to the south by Lithuania , to the east by the Russian Federation , to the southeast by Belarus and shares maritime borders to the west with Sweden...
and moved to South Africa
South Africa
The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...
at the age of eight. She earned a degree in English literature at the University of Cape Town
University of Cape Town
The University of Cape Town is a public research university located in Cape Town in the Western Cape province of South Africa. UCT was founded in 1829 as the South African College, and is the oldest university in South Africa and the second oldest extant university in Africa.-History:The roots of...
. In 1946 she was awarded a scholarship to Newnham College, at Cambridge University, where she earned her Ph.D.
Ph.D.
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and spent 14 years as a research fellow and assistant lecturer. Among her students there was the poet Sylvia Plath
Sylvia Plath
Sylvia Plath was an American poet, novelist and short story writer. Born in Massachusetts, she studied at Smith College and Newnham College, Cambridge before receiving acclaim as a professional poet and writer...
, who wrote that Krook was her ideal of a successful career woman and wonderful human being. While at Newnham, Krook published her first major critical work, Three Traditions of Moral Thought.
In 1960, she immigrated to Israel and began teaching at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem in the Department of English Literature.
Krook married the poet Zerubavel Gilad in 1968 and became a member of Kibbutz
Kibbutz
A kibbutz is a collective community in Israel that was traditionally based on agriculture. Today, farming has been partly supplanted by other economic branches, including industrial plants and high-tech enterprises. Kibbutzim began as utopian communities, a combination of socialism and Zionism...
Ein Harod
Ein Harod
Ein Harod was a kibbutz in Israel. It was located in northern Israel near Mount Gilboa. It is notable for being built near the battlefield of Ayn Jalut , a battle of huge macro-historical importance where the Mongols were defeated for the first time, in 1260.-History:The kibbutz was founded by...
. She translated many of his poems into English.
Krook died on November 13, 1989.
Awards and honours
- In 1973, Krook was awarded the Israel PrizeIsrael PrizeThe Israel Prize is an award handed out by the State of Israel and is largely regarded as the state's highest honor. It is presented annually, on Israeli Independence Day, in a state ceremony in Jerusalem, in the presence of the President, the Prime Minister, the Knesset chairperson, and the...
in the humanities.
- In 1974, she became a member of the Israel Academy of Sciences and HumanitiesIsrael Academy of Sciences and HumanitiesThe Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities, based in Jerusalem, was set up in 1961 by the State of Israel to foster contact between scholars from the sciences and humanities in Israel, to advise the government on research projects of national importance, and to promote excellence. It comprises...
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Published works
- Three traditions of moral thought New York, Cambridge University Press, 1959
- The Ordeal of Consciousness in Henry James Cambridge, England 1962
- Elements of tragedy Yale University Press, 1969
- John Sergeant and his circle: a study of three seventeenth-century English Aristotelians (with Beverly C. Southgate) E.J. Brill, 1993