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I. J. Schwartz (1885–1971)

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Autres noms
Schwartz, Israel Jacob
Date de naissance
1885
Date de décès
1971
Sexe
male
Nationalité
Lithuania (birth)
USA
Lieu de naissance
Petroshun, Lithuania
Lieu du décès
New York, New York, USA
Lieux de résidence
New York, New York, USA
Lexington, Kentucky, USA
Études
cheder, yeshiva
Professions
Yiddish writer
poet
translator
autobiographer
businessman
Relations
Iceland, Reuben (friend, colleague)
Ignatoff, David (friend, co-editor)
Rolnick, Joseph (friend, colleague)
Opatoshu, Joseph (friend)
Halpern, Moyshe Leyb (friend)
Auerbach, Joseph (colleague) (tout afficher 7)
Leib, Mani (colleague)
Organisations
Di Yunge
Courte biographie
While studying classical Hebrew, Schwartz was drawn to modern Hebrew poetry. In 1906, he published a translation of a poem by  Chaim Nachman Bialik. He migrated to New York, and became a successful translator of Hebrew poetry.  Associated with Di Yunge (The Young Ones), his attachment to classical Jewish motifs and themes led him to break from those radically secular poets. With his wife and daughter, he moved to Kentucky in 1918 and started a large business.  In 1925, he published a 260-page epic poem Kentucky,which immediately became a great success.  http://www.yiddishbookcenter.org/node/385

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Œuvres
8
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Membres
19
Popularité
#609,294
ISBN
3
Favoris
1