Alegría Bendayan de Bendelac

Alegría Bendayán de Bendelac (April 19, 1928 – April 5, 2020) was a Venezuelan philologist, professor, writer and Jewish poet. During her career she was dedicated to studying Sephardic culture, especially the Judeo-Spanish language of northern Morocco. She was professor of French at the University of Pennsylvania and published several works about sephardic traditions.

Biography Alegría Bendayán de Bendelac is the fourth of five siblings, daughter of Moroccan immigrants from Tétouan who arrived at Villa de Cura, Aragua state. Her parents were Abraham Bendayan and Rachel Cohen de Bendayan. Soon their parents settled in Caracas. The couple had two daughters, Mercedes and Lisa. Voces Jaquetiescas (1990) Structures du rêve et de la realité dans Sylvie (1975) Typical Sephardic weddings in Tangier, Morocco (c.1930-c.1950) (1986) Tourmaline II (1973) Mosaique: Une enfance juive a Tanger (1930-1945) (1992)