Matti Golan, Shimon Peres, trans. from Hebrew (1982), and The Road to Peace, trans. from Hebrew (1989), are biographies. Michael Keren, Professionals Against Populism: The Peres Government and Democracy (1995), analyzes Peres’s first term as prime minister.
The exact date of birth of Shimon Peres is a matter of some dispute. It has been given as Aug. 16, 1923, by a number of official sources and biographers, but some uncertainty remains. The Office of the President of Israel and Michael Bar-Zohar’s authorized biography offer the Hebrew date of Av 20, 5683, which corresponds to Aug. 2, 1923, on the Gregorian calendar. Other sources—including an earlier authorized biography by Matti Golan—have given dates ranging from Aug. 1, 1923, to Aug. 21, 1923. Peres himself has not chosen to put the matter to rest, and public celebrations of his birthday have occurred on various dates in the month of August.
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| Modified link of Web site: Gov.il - Ministry of Foreign Affairs - Shimon Peres. | Nov 04, 2024 | ||
| Anniversary information added. | Sep 24, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: The Guardian - As a peacemaker, Shimon Peres never won over the Israeli public. | Aug 16, 2024 | ||
| Added cross-reference. | Apr 30, 2024 | ||
| First paragraph modernization. | Apr 01, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Atomic Heritage Foundation - Shimon Peres. | Feb 02, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Brookings - Shimon Peres: Godfather of Israeli entrepreneurship. | Dec 15, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Foreign Policy Research Institute - Shimon Peres (1923-2016): A Man of Contradictions? | Oct 30, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Gov.il - Prime Minister's Office - Biography of Shimon Peres. | Sep 15, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Gov.il - Ministry of Foreign Affairs - Shimon Peres. | May 25, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: The Israeli Innovation Center - Shimon Peres. | Feb 15, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: CNN - Shimon Peres Fast Facts. | Jan 11, 2021 | ||
| Add new Web site: The Telegraph - Shimon Peres, Israel's Flawed Visionary. | Dec 06, 2016 | ||
| Add new Web site: The New York Times - Shimon Peres, an Enduring Pillar From Israels Founding Era, Dies at 93. | Dec 06, 2016 | ||
| Add new Web site: The Washington Post - Shimon Peres, Israeli Statesman and Nobel Peace Prize Winner, Dies at 93. | Dec 06, 2016 | ||
| Article revised and updated. | Oct 25, 2016 | ||
| Date and location of death added. | Sep 28, 2016 | ||
| Updated to indicate that his term as president ended in 2014. | Jul 24, 2014 | ||
| Add new Web site: Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs - Biography of Shimon Peres. | Apr 23, 2014 | ||
| Add new Web site: Official Site of the Shimon Peres. | Apr 23, 2014 | ||
| Add new Web site: Nobelprize.org - Biography of Shimon Peres. | Apr 23, 2014 | ||
| Add new Web site: Academy of Achievement - Biography of Shimon Peres. | Jul 29, 2013 | ||
| Add new Web site: The Nobel Prize - Shimon Peres. | May 01, 2013 | ||
| Add new Web site: Spartacus Educational - Biography of Shimon Peres. | Jan 11, 2013 | ||
| He was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom. | May 31, 2012 | ||
| In 2012 he was named a recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom. | Apr 27, 2012 | ||
| Added photograph. | Dec 29, 2011 | ||
| Added researcher's note about Peres's birth date. | Oct 07, 2010 | ||
| Added photograph of Peres after he received the Nobel Prize for Peace. | Aug 12, 2010 | ||
| In the first paragraph, added that he was president of Israel from 2007. | Aug 11, 2010 | ||
| Added new Web site: Jewish Virtual Library - Biography of Shimon Peres. | May 27, 2008 | ||
| Article revised and updated. | Jun 13, 2007 | ||
| Article revised and updated. | May 31, 2007 | ||
| Article revised. | Dec 07, 2005 | ||
| Article revised. | Mar 25, 2004 | ||
| Article revised. | Oct 18, 1999 | ||
| Article added to new online database. | Apr 30, 1999 |
