Sami Michael

Sami Michael was an Israeli writer, translator, journalist and human rights defender (1926–2024). He was born at Baghdad and died at Haifa.

Sami Michael in brief

Born
1926
Died
2024
Known for
writer, translator, journalist and human rights defender
Place of birth
Baghdad
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Recognition and collections

Sami Michael received Ze'ev Prize, ACUM Awards, The EMET Prize for Art, Science and Culture, Agnon Prize for the Literary Arts and Shulamit Aloni Prize.

Catalogued works

52 works under this name are catalogued by Wikidata Query Service, Open Library, The Art Institute of Chicago and Wellcome Collection. Their recorded dates run from 1881 to 2008.

A Handful of Fog. All Men are Equal – But Some are More. Love Amid the Palms. Refuge. בית בקהיר. Victoria. Eine Trompete im Wadi. Shedim ḥumim. Eine Handvoll Nebel. חצוצרה בואדי. Shaṿim ṿe-shaṿim yoter. Ḥasut. Eleh shivte Yiśraʾel. Shedim be-martef. ha-Ḥaṿayah ha-Yiśreʼelit. שדים במרתף. Nabile. Mechty zhesti͡anykh lachug. Pal'my v buri͡u. Otiyot holkhot la-yam. Yahalom min ha-yeshimon. Tsartsaron shar gam ba-ḥoref. Viktorii͡a. Ṭipah ṿe-ṭiponet. Sufah ben ha-deḳalim. Une trompette dans le wadi, dated 2006. Wadi de xiao hao. Fīktūrīā. Ahavah ben ha-deḳalim. Ḥofen shel ʻarafel. Ahavah ben ha-dekalim (ha-Mesimah, hapalah), dated 1990. ʻAʼidah, dated 2008. Ḥatsotsrah ba-ṿadi, dated 1987. Bagdad - Sturm über der Stadt, dated 1998. Eine Liebe in Bagdad., dated 2000. Eleh shivṭe Yiśraʼel, dated 1984. Gevulot ha-ruaḥ, dated 2000. ha- Ḥaṿayah ha-Yiśreʾelit, dated 2001. ha-H ̣aṿayah ha-Yiśreʼelit, dated 2001. ha- Kanaf ha-shelishit, dated 2000. Hatsotsrah ba-vadi (Sifriyah la-am), dated 1987. Ṿiḳṭoryah, dated 1993. Mayim noshḳim le-mayim, dated 2001. Brilliant Gloom, dated 2004, acrylic and thread on canvas, held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 2005.474. For Sunday's Dinner, dated 1888, oil on canvas, held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 1958.296. Just Dessert, dated 1891, oil on canvas, held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 1942.50. One at the Time, dated 2003, oil on canvas, held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 2006.69. Rocking Chair, dated c. 1881, beech and caning, held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 1970.30. Ballet of the Left-Handed Piano, dated 1962, oil and charcoal on canvas, held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 1963.378. Psychiatry : an industry of death., dated 2006, held by Wellcome Collection. Correspondence. Surnames, 'Ronalds' to 'Wujastyk', dated 2003-2006, held by Wellcome Collection. Health transitions in Arctic populations / edited by T. Kue Young and Peter Bjerregaard., dated [2008], held by Wellcome Collection.

In public collections

Work associated with this heading is recorded in 2 named public collections.

The Art Institute of Chicago: 8 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue. Wellcome Collection: 3 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue.

Literature

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

Sami Michael and Israeli Literature: The Social Novels of Sami Michael, A History of Modern Hebrew Literature, 2025. Michael, Sami, Encyclopedia of Jews in the Islamic World. Michael, Sami, Kindlers Literatur Lexikon (KLL), 2020. Michael, Sami: Viktoria, Kindlers Literatur Lexikon (KLL), 2020. More and More Equal: The Literary Works of Sami Michael (review), Hebrew Studies, 2007.

Scholarly footprint

Bibliographic registers publish measured figures for this heading: 11 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. 13 further registers were consulted and returned nothing for this heading.

In detail

the recorded working language is Hebrew and Arabic.

The field of work recorded is literary activity and translating activity.

Positions recorded include president.

Distinctions recorded are Ze'ev Prize, ACUM Awards, The EMET Prize for Art, Science and Culture and Agnon Prize for the Literary Arts.

Chronology

  1. 1926Sami Michael born at Baghdad.
  2. 2004Brilliant Gloom (The Art Institute of Chicago).
  3. 2008Aida digitised by Internet Archive.
  4. 2024Sami Michael died at Haifa.

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.

    Michael, Sami, Encyclopedia of Jews in the Islamic World

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  2. 2.

    Michael, Sami, Kindlers Literatur Lexikon (KLL), 2020

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  3. 3.

    Michael, Sami: Viktoria, Kindlers Literatur Lexikon (KLL), 2020

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  4. 4.

    More and More Equal: The Literary Works of Sami Michael (review), Hebrew Studies, 2007

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  5. 5.

    Open Library author record for Sami Michael (Internet Archive), 48 catalogued works.

    Institutional database · Scholarly · Internet Archive

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  6. 6.

    Sami Michael and Israeli Literature: The Social Novels of Sami Michael, A History of Modern Hebrew Literature, 2025

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  7. 7.

    Internet Archive, 1 digitised item catalogued under Sami Michael as creator.

    digital repository · Unverified

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  8. 8.

    The Art Institute of Chicago, collection records associated with Sami Michael.

    museum collection · Unverified · The Art Institute of Chicago

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  9. 9.

    Wellcome Collection catalogue records 3 works naming Sami Michael.

    museum collection · Unverified · Wellcome Collection

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  10. 10.

    Wikidata, structured authority record Q1157672: Sami Michael

    reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikimedia Foundation

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  11. 11.

    “Sami Michael”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading

    reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikipedia

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