The Yiddish Book Center's

Wexler Oral History Project

A growing collection of in-depth interviews with people of all ages and backgrounds, whose stories about the legacy and changing nature of Yiddish language and culture offer a rich and complex chronicle of Jewish identity.

“A Fairytale Quality”: Topics of Moshe Dluznowsky’s Writing

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Henry Dunow, the son of Yiddish writer Moshe Dluznowsky, gives an overview of his father's writing. He discusses how Dluznowsky's range of literary mediums – novels, plays, journalism and children’s stories – explored various global settings.

This is an excerpt from an oral history with Henry Dunow.

This excerpt is in English.

Henry Dunow was born in 1952.