Nechama Tec date of birth:
May 15, 1931
How old is Nechama Tec?
95
Where was Nechama Tec born?
Lublin, Poland
Nechama Tec body shape:
Average
What color is Nechama Tec's hair?
Salt and Pepper
What religion is Nechama Tec?
Jewish
What is Nechama Tec's ethnicity?
White
What is Nechama Tec nationality?
American
What is Nechama Tec's occupation?
Writer
Short Biography
Nechama Tec (née Bawnik) (born 15 May 1931) is a Professor Emerita of Sociology at the University of Connecticut. She received her Ph.D. in sociology at Columbia University, where she studied and worked with the sociologist Daniel Bell, and is a Holocaust scholar. Her book When Light Pierced the Darkness (1986) and her memoir Dry Tears: The Story of a Lost Childhood (1984) both received the Merit of Distinction Award from the Anti-Defamation League of B'nai B'rit. She is also author of the book Defiance: The Bielski Partisans (Oxford University Press (1993, ISBN 0-19-507595-1) on which the film Defiance (2008) is based, as well as a study of women in the holocaust. She was awarded the 1994 International Anne Frank Special Recognition prize for that book.