Hayyim Schirmann

Hayyim Schirmann
חיים שירמן
Born	(1904-10-19)19 October 1904 Kiev, Russian Empire
Died	14 June 1981(1981-06-14) (aged 76) Paris, France
Nationality	Israel
Occupation(s)	Scholar, professor
Awards	Israel Prize (1957)
Academic background
Education	Semitic linguistics, Berlin University (1930)
Academic work
Discipline	Medieval Jewish poetry
Sub-discipline	Medieval Spanish and Italian Jewish poetry
Institutions	Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Hayyim (Jefim) Schirmann (Hebrew: חיים שירמן; October 19, 1904 – June 14, 1981) was an Israeli scholar of medieval Spanish and Italian Jewish poetry.