Tony Judt: a man of his word
Tony Judt and friend in Israel in 1967: being an ex-Zionist has helped him tackle the controversial issue of America’s relationship with Israel.
Tony Judt died, surrounded by his family, on the the evening of August 6th, 2010.
http://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/2010/07/tony-judt-a-man-of-his-word/
Tony Judt, Chronicler of History, Is Dead at 62
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/08/books/08judt.html?_r=2&emc=eta1
Historian Tony Judt dies aged 62
http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2010/aug/07/historian-tony-judt-dies
Tony Judt (1948–2010) by Timothy Garton Ash
http://www.nybooks.com/articles/archives/2010/sep/30/tony-judt-1948-2010/
今朝の朝日新聞の死亡記事は簡単なものでしたが、そのうち追悼の文章が載ることでしょう。
「ヨーロッパ戦後史」著者のトニー・ジャットさん死去
ＡＰ通信によると、トニー・ジャットさん（英国の歴史家、米ニューヨーク大教授）が6日、筋萎縮性側索硬化症（ＡＬＳ）の合併症のため、ニューヨーク市内の自宅で死去した。62歳。
ロンドン生まれ。英ケンブリッジ大で歴史学の博士号。1987年からニューヨーク大で歴史学を教える。欧州の戦後史を書き改めた「ヨーロッパ戦後史」を2005年に出版した。
まだ62歳ですか。短すぎる人生です。昨年8月3日の朝日新聞掲載のインタビュー記事には病気のことには一切言及がなかったはずですが、いつＡＬＳを発症されたのでしょうか。当時の写真をよく見ると既に病いに冒されておられたのか、撮影時に呼吸器をはずされたようにも見えます。呼吸器を装着した車椅子の姿は痛々しく、てっきり同姓同名の方なのかと思ったくらいでした。冒頭の英プロスペクト誌上の若い頃の写真を見ると本当に悲しくなります。合掌。
http://globe.asahi.com/author/090803/01_01.html
Last Word
PROFESSOR TONY JUDT
Leading historian of modern Europe who has died aged 62.
Professor Tony Judt was a leading historian and political thinker. He was a widely respected intellectual who wrote, amongst many other books and essays, a highly acclaimed history of postwar Europe. His willingness to speak his mind and challenge received views on a range of issues made him some enemies. In particular, a controversial essay arguing for a unified state in which Israelis and Arabs could live side by side attracted strong criticism from Zionists. Two years ago he was diagnosed with Motor Neurone Disease. As his body deteriorated, Tony dictated a highly personal series of reflections on his life which were published in the New York Review of Books. Tony Judt was born into a family of Jewish immigrants to London. His father was Belgian and his mother’s family had come from Russia. The academic career which took him to New York University began in Cambridge.
Matthew spoke to his friend, the journalist and political pollster Peter Kellner, and to Timothy Garton Ash, Professor of European Studies in the University of Oxford.
Tony Robert Judt was born 2 January 1948 and died 6 August 2010.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00tbhbh
