Abraham Sutzkever

Abraham Sutzkever

male, 95 years old
Jewish person polish bee Gymnasium First World War Łódź
Abraham Sutzkever (July 15, 1913 -) is a Yiddish poet and Holocaust-era partisan. (Alternate English spellings: Avrom Sutzkever, Avrohom... More
Marc Chagall

Marc Chagall

male, deceased (1985)
Mojša Zacharavič Šahałaŭ Belarusian language Yiddish-language poet French surrealist artist
Marc Chagall (Russian: Марк Захарович Шага́л; Belarusian: Мойша Захаравіч Шагалаў "Mojša Zacharavič Šahałaŭ") (7 July 1887 - 28 March 1985) wa... More

Yehoash

male, deceased (1927)
Jewish poet yiddish Yiddish-language poet bible Solomon Blumgarten
Yehoash was the pen name for Solomon Blumgarten, a Yiddish-language poet. He was responsible for translating many works of world literature into... More
Chaim Grade

Chaim Grade

male, deceased (1982)
Russian Empire maskil prose yiddish Holocaust twentieth century
Chaim Grade (b. April 4 1910, in Vilna, Russian Empire now Vilnius, Lithuania); d. April 26 1982, Los Angeles, California) was one of the leading... More
Gitl Schaechter-Viswanath

Gitl Schaechter-Viswanath

female, 50 years old
Bronx Rutgers University poet yiddish rhyme scheme meter
Yiddish-language poet Gitl Schaechter-Viswanath was born in the The Bronx, New York, in 1958. She grew up in a Yiddish-speaking home and attended... More
Itzik Manger

Itzik Manger

male, deceased (1969)
Israeli poet yiddish romanian Playwright British
Itzik Manger was a prominent Yiddish poet and playwright, a self-proclaimed folk bard, visionary, and ‘master tailor’ of the written word.
Israil Bercovici

Israil Bercovici

male, deceased (1988)
From Botosani Jewish person Jewish Romanian history romanian Playwright Biographer
Israil (Israel) Bercovici (1921-1988) was a Jewish Romanian dramaturg, playwright, director, biographer, and memoirist, who served the State Jewish... More
Eliakum Zunser

Eliakum Zunser

male, deceased (1913)
rabbi vilna New York Times yiddish Russian Yiddish-language poet
Eliakum Zunser (Eliakim Badchen) (1836 - 1913) was a Lithuanian Jewish Yiddish-language poet, songwriter, and "badchen" who lived out the last part... More
Itzhak Katzenelson

Itzhak Katzenelson

male, deceased (1944)
poet gestapo polish german invasion of poland minsk Nazi concentration camp victim
Itzhak Katzenelson (also transcribed "Icchak-Lejb Kacenelson", "Jizchak Katzenelson"; "Yitzhok Katznelson") (1886–1944) was a Jewish teacher, po... More
Mordechai Gebirtig

Mordechai Gebirtig

male, deceased (1942)
shepherd's pipe Holocaust victim Yiddish literature Jewish Labour Bund Jewish Social-Democratic Party World War I
Mordechai Gebirtig, born Mordekhai Bertig (b. 1877, Kraków - d. 1942, Kraków) was a Yiddish poet and songwriter, regarded as one of the most in... More