| Paper Bridges: Selected Poems of Kadya Molodowsky Contributor(s): Molodowsky, Kadya (Author), Hellerstein, Kathryn (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0814327184 ISBN-13: 9780814327180 Publisher: Wayne State University Press OUR PRICE: $32.66 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: June 1999 Annotation: Kadya Molodowsky (1894-1975) was a prolific Yiddish woman writer who authored books of poetry, fiction, plays, essays, and children's poems, for which she is best known today. In this bilingual edition, her poetry is looked at in its original Yiddish, with added historical and cultural context allowing for insights into her life. The sensitive translations allow for greater understanding of her talent, which earned her the Itzik Manger Prize, the most prestigious award in the world of Yiddish letters. Molodowsky explored a variety of issues in her work ranging from social protest poetry to women and religion, from national identity to political responsibility. Nearly 100 poems are translated, presenting a full spectrum of Molodowsky's career. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Poetry | Middle Eastern - Literary Criticism | European - German |
| Dewey: 839.113 |
| LCCN: 98-15479 |
| Physical Information: 1.1" H x 6.12" W x 9.01" (1.63 lbs) 568 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 20th Century - Ethnic Orientation - Jewish - Sex & Gender - Feminine |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Kadya Molodowsky (1894-1975) was among the most accomplished and prolific of modern Yiddish poets. Between 1927 and 1974, she published six major books of poetry, as well as fiction, plays, essays, and children's tales. Molodowsky participated in nearly every aspect of Yiddish literary culture that existed in her lifetime, first in Poland, where she lived until 1935, when she emigrated, and then in America. Before her emigration, Molodowsky taught young children in the Yiddish schools of Warsaw. In New York, she supported herself by writing for the Yiddish press and founded a literary journal, Svive (Surroundings), which she edited for nearly thirty years. Briefly during the early 1950s, Molodowsky wrote and edited Yiddish publications in the new state of Israel. She returned there in 1971 to receive the Itzik Manger Prize, the most prestigious award in Yiddish letters. |