Dawit Isaak

Dawit Isaak was a Swedish journalist and writer (born 1964). He was born at Asmara.

Dawit Isaak in brief

Born
1964
Known for
journalist and writer
Place of birth
Asmara
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Recognition and collections

Dawit Isaak received World Association of Newspapers' Golden Pen of Freedom Award, Kurt Tucholsky Prize and UNESCO/Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize.

Catalogued works

3 works under this name are catalogued by Open Library and The Art Institute of Chicago.

Hopp. The Enemy Shall Never Escape our Wrath, dated 1941, silkscreen, held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 2008.92. The Hand Organ, Cadiz, dated n.d., gouache on gray wove paper, laid down on tan wove paper, laid down on cream wood-pulp laminate board, held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 1935.81.

In public collections

Work associated with this heading is recorded in 1 named public collection.

The Art Institute of Chicago: 2 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue.

Literature

5 scholarly publications naming this subject were located in the registry of record.

The Dawit Isaak Database of Censorship, Digital Humanities in the Nordic and Baltic Countries Publications, 2026. Capitalizing on Freedom of Expression for Creativity: A Case Study of Dawit Isaak Library, Malmö, Sweden, Nordic Journal of Human Rights, 2024. Moor, Carel, Isaak or Karel, Isaak de, Benezit Dictionary of Artists, 2011. Swanenburgh, Isaak Nicolai or Isaak Claesz., Benezit Dictionary of Artists, 2011. Vogelsang, Isaak, Benezit Dictionary of Artists, 2011.

Scholarly footprint

Bibliographic registers publish measured figures for this heading: 14 language editions of the general reference literature carrying an article (Wikimedia (language editions)). A count of publications is evidence of attention, not of standing, and is given here only as a measure.

Evidence base

This article draws on 5 independent source lineages. Copies and mirrors of the same underlying record were collapsed into a single witness, so 5 means 5 genuinely separate publishers of record. 15 further registers were consulted and returned nothing for this heading.

Chronology

  1. 1964Dawit Isaak born at Asmara.

Sources

Each source is named with the standing the house places on it, so the evidence can be weighed rather than taken on trust.

  1. 1.

    Capitalizing on Freedom of Expression for Creativity: A Case Study of Dawit Isaak Library, Malmö, Sweden, Nordic Journal of Human Rights, 2024

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  2. 2.

    Moor, Carel, Isaak or Karel, Isaak de, Benezit Dictionary of Artists, 2011

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  3. 3.

    Open Library author record for Dawit Isaak (Internet Archive), 1 catalogued work.

    Institutional database · Scholarly · Internet Archive

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    Swanenburgh, Isaak Nicolai or Isaak Claesz., Benezit Dictionary of Artists, 2011

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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    The Dawit Isaak Database of Censorship, Digital Humanities in the Nordic and Baltic Countries Publications, 2026

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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    Vogelsang, Isaak, Benezit Dictionary of Artists, 2011

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  7. 7.

    Directory of Open Access Journals lists 1 article naming Dawit Isaak.

    open access index · Unverified

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    The Art Institute of Chicago, collection records associated with Dawit Isaak.

    museum collection · Unverified · The Art Institute of Chicago

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  9. 9.

    Wikidata, structured authority record Q1178648: Dawit Isaak

    reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikidata

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  10. 10.

    “Dawit Isaak”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading

    reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikipedia

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Elsewhere in Books

15,964 published records in this field, each with its sources named.

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For owners

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