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Yiddish Writersייִדישע שרײַבערTHIS MONTH'S FEATURE
On National Poetry Month
 Aaron Glanz-Leyeless ⋅ א. גלאַנץ–לעיעלעס
If modern Yiddish poetry ever had a dynamic duo, a pair of founders whose ideas and poetry laid the groundwork for the future generations of poets, that duo would surely be Aaron Glanz-Leyeless and Jacob Glatstein (Yankev Glatshteyn). More...  Black History and Yiddish Literature ⋅ שוואַרץ ווי איך
January 27th, 2006 Given Yiddish literature's long connection with movements for social justice and civil rights, it should come as no surprise that our collection at the Book Center is replete with works devoted to Black America and the struggle for equality and human dignity. More...  International Day of Commemoration in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust
January 27th, 2006 Bearing witness to the atrocities committed by the Nazis during World War II is an important responsibility but it is equally essential to commemorate the victims who perished along with their art and their world. More...  Rachel Korn ⋅
רחל קאָרן
1898-1982 Born Rokhl Herring in the tiny Galician village of Podliski, Korn’s poetry and prose is saturated with natural and erotic imagery. Following the First World War, Korn began publishing her work in literary magazines, and she stands out as one of the very few women to be printed in the major journals of the day. More...  Mani Leib ⋅
מאַני לייב
1883 - 1955 When he arrived in America at age twenty-two, Brahinsky was, by trade, a shoe and boot-maker and worked in New York's shoe factories even after becoming a published poet and contracting tuberculosis in their miserable working conditions. More...  Alter Kacyzne ⋅
אַלטער קאַציזנע
1885 - 1941 Alter Kacyzne was born in Vilna, then part of the Russian Empire. After his father's death, when Kacyzne was 14, his favorite uncle took him on as an apprentice photographer. This was to be the main source of Kacyzne's livelihood for his entire life. More...  I. J. Schwartz ⋅
י1885-1971 Our poet this month, I.J. (Yisroel-Yankev) Schwartz, remains most famous in Yiddish literature for his lyrical tribute to the Jewish pioneers of the American frontier. More...  Kadya Molodowsky ⋅
קאַדיע מאָלאָדאָווסקי
1894-1975 A bridge of paper created out of literature and leading the Jewish people to their homeland describes perfectly the legacy of poet, teacher and editor Kadya Molodowsky. More...  Dovid Bergelson ⋅
דוד בערגעלסאָן
1884-1952 At 25 years old, Dovid Bergelson exploded onto the Yiddish literary scene with his groundbreaking novella, Arum vokzal [At the Depot]. For the next four decades, Bergelson's work defined modernist Yiddish literature. More... |
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