Itamar Even-Zohar

Itamar Even-Zohar
Born1939 (age 84–85)
Tel Aviv, Israel
NationalityIsraeli
Known forPolysystem theory
Academic background
Alma materTel Aviv University (BA, PhD), Hebrew University of Jerusalem (MA)
ThesisAn Introduction to the Theory of Literary Translation (1972)
Academic work
DisciplineTranslation Studies
Doctoral studentsGideon Toury

Itamar Even-Zohar (Hebrew: איתמר אבן-זהר; born 1939) is an Israeli culture researcher and professor at Tel Aviv University. Even-Zohar is a pioneer of polysystem theory[1] and the theory of cultural repertoires.