<sod>Peres was polyglot, speaking Polish, French, English, Russian, Yiddish and Hebrew, although he never lost his Polish accent when speaking in Hebrew.<ref name="auto3">[https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/sep/28/shimon-peres-obituary Shimon Peres obituary] by Lawrence Joffe, Wednesday 28 September 2016</ref> In his private life, he was a poet and songwriter, writing stanzas during cabinet meetings, with some of his poems later being recorded as songs in albums.<ref name="auto4">[http://www.nbcnews.com/id/32453580/ns/world_news-wonderful_world/t/poems-turn-song-israeli-ex-leader-turns/#.V-ta_fl97IU Poems turn to song as ex-leader turns 86] AP, updated 8/17/2009 7:55:07 PM ET</ref> As a result of his deep literary interests, he could quote from [[Nevi'im|Old Testament prophets]], French literature and Chinese philosophy with equal ease.<ref name="auto3"/>  <eod>
<sod>Peres was polyglot, speaking Polish, French, English, Russian, Yiddish and Hebrew, although he never lost his Polish accent when speaking in Hebrew.<ref name="auto3">[https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/sep/28/shimon-peres-obituary Shimon Peres obituary] by Lawrence Joffe, Wednesday 28 September 2016</ref> In his private life, he was a poet and songwriter, writing stanzas during cabinet meetings, with some of his poems later being recorded as songs in albums.<ref name="auto4">[http://www.nbcnews.com/id/32453580/ns/world_news-wonderful_world/t/poems-turn-song-israeli-ex-leader-turns/#.V-ta_fl97IU Poems turn to song as ex-leader turns 86] AP, updated 8/17/2009 7:55:07 PM ET</ref> As a result of his deep literary interests, he could quote from [[Nevi'im|Old Testament prophets]], [[French literature]], and Chinese philosophy with equal ease.<ref name="auto3"/>  <eod>