The Penguin Book of Modern Yiddish Verse

by Irving Howe (Editor), Ruth R. Wisse (Editor)

Features the works of six major Yiddish poets and selections from the work of thirty-three others with Yiddish and English on facing pages

Genres: Poetry

752 pages, Hardcover

First published September 23, 1987

About the author

Irving Howe was an American literary and social critic and a prominent figure of the Democratic Socialists of America.

Reviews

[Mark · Rating 4 out of 5]

Herein, I found such powerful poems as Itsik Manger's The “Lovers of Israel” at the Belzhets Death Camp; Jacob Glatstein's Mozart; Leyb Kvitko's Russian Death; and Abraham Sutzkever's 1980.