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Asaf Simon

Asaf Simon

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    Freelance journalist, translator, editor

  • Education

    • Syracuse University

      1973 - 1978
      Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) International Relations and Affairs

    • Syracuse University

      1971 - 1978
      Bachelor of Arts (BA) International Relations

      Activités et associations :Editor of Intertwine (1977-1978). Reporter for The Daily Orange (1977-1978). Journalistic intern for NYPIRG (New York Public Interest Research Group) in 1978. Hillel. My cover feature in Intertwine ('The Shah: Up or Down?') described an explosive situation in Iran while leading U.S. publications were still reporting that those opposed to the Shah were a small fanatic minority./Articles by myself and an editorial in The Daily Orange in 1978 convinced the university authorities to end investments in companies involved in South Africa./An article I wrote and an editorial by The Daily Orange on the use of lie-detector tests by the SU Bookstore preceded a… Voir plus My cover feature in Intertwine ('The Shah: Up or Down?') described an explosive situation in Iran while leading U.S. publications were still reporting that those opposed to the Shah were a small fanatic minority./Articles by myself and an editorial in The Daily Orange in 1978 convinced the university authorities to end investments in companies involved in South Africa./An article I wrote and an editorial by The Daily Orange on the use of lie-detector tests by the SU Bookstore preceded a decision by the store to end testing./I edited the NYPIRG newsletter in 1978; research and publicity by NYPIRG were to a great extent responsible for public awareness in relation to Love Canal, the first major publicized environmental scandal. My involvement was purely accidental; however it stimulated my interest in environmental issues and the media. Voir moins

  • Experience

    • FREE LANCE

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      Self Employed

    • Intertwine

      Jan 1977 - Jan 1978
      Editor in Chief

      I was the Editor in Chief of Intertwine, a student publication at Syracuse University.

    • AP

      Jan 1979 - Jan 1979
      Telex operator and Stringer

      I worked as a telex operator and wrote articles for the AP office in Amsterdam.

    • Move

      Jan 1981 - Jan 1981
      Editor in Chief

      Founder and editor of Move, an English-language tourist publication on the Netherlands.

    • Literary translations

      Jan 1981 - Jan 1982

      My translations of several short stories by the Dutch author J. Bernlef appeared in the literary review 'Ploughshares' (The Black Dog) in 1982 and in the English-languages magazine 'The Paper' in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Bernlef, J. "The Black Dog." Trans. Frank Scimone. In Ploughshares 8.4 (1982): 170-75. ("De zwarte hond," from Anekdotes uit een zijstraat, 1978). I was the first to translate letters by Etty Hillesum into English. They appeared in 1981 in the former English-language publication 'The Paper' (Amsterdam, the Netherlands).

      • J. Bernlef - short stories

        Jan 1981 - Jan 1982

      • 'Faces' by Etty Hillesum

        Jan 1981 - Jan 1981

    • Excerpta Medica BV - Adelphi Group

      Jan 1983 - Jan 1984
      Desk Editor

      I edited medical texts for Excerpta Medica.

    • Rijksdienst voor Oudheidkundig Bodemonderzoek

      Jan 1985 - Jan 1986
      Translator

      I translated a book by Henderikx, P.A. (1986): The Lower Delta of the Rhine and the Maas: Landscape and habitation from the Roman period to c. 1000.

    • Freelance Translator/Writer/Proofreader/Odd jobs

      Jan 1987 - Jan 1995
      Freelance

      Worked freelance at various jobs.

    • Author/Lifeguard/Dishwasher

      Jan 1995 - Jan 1999
      Freelance

      Worked in Sicily as a dishwasher, lifeguard and wrote a book.

    • Edizioni Greco

      Jan 1999 - Jan 1999
      Taormina Odyssey

      I wrote and edited this tourist guide and history of the town of Taormina in Sicily in 1999.

    • PUM Netherlands senior experts

      Jan 2000 - Jan 2002
      Freelance Translator

      Translated news items for the Dutch senior experts organization PUM.

    • Radio Netherlands Worldwide

      Mar 2000 - Sept 2011
      Translator/Editorial Assistant/Press Reviews

      I worked for Radio Netherlands Worldwide on a free-lance basis for nearly a year during the mid-1980's. Returning in 2000, I worked full-time until the wave of lay-offs due to the closure of the English Department and, eventually, most divisions of the Dutch world service.

  • Licenses & Certifications

    • BA in International Relations

      Syracuse University
      Sept 1971

    • Judaism

      NIHS (Jewish Community of Amsterdam), the Netherlands
      Jan 2016

    • Lifeguard

      FIN Sicilia (Messina, Italy)
      Apr 1999