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Buy this book on-line Hofstein, David; Shames, F : LITERATUR-KENTENISH [COMPLETE IN TWO PARTS]Moscow: Tsentraler Felker-Farlag Fun F. S. S.R, 1928-1929
1st edition. Original boards. 8vo. 89, 111 pages, 23 cm. In Yiddish. Title translates to "Literature-Lore. " Two parts: Ershter teyl: Elementn fun ritm un stil -- Tsveyter tley: Geboy fun Kinstlerishn verk un literarishe zshanren. Hofstein (1889-1952) was a prominent Russian-Yiddish poet. He rose to prominence through his elegies of the Jewish communities that suffered during the White pogroms of 1922, many of which were illustrated by Marc Chagall. He emigrated to Palestine in 1923 as a result of the official banning of Hebrew and subsequent persecution of Hebrew writers. He ultimately returned in 1939 and joined the Communist Party. Hofstein was executed on the Night of the Murdered Poets in 1952, along with 12 other Yiddish writers and artists (Wikipedia, 2019) . SUBJECTS: Yiddish language -- Rhetoric. Poetics. OCLC lists 16 copies worldwide (OCLC: 19306025) . Spine rebacked. Boards are worn and browning. Contents very good. (YID-33-72-EJLXGG'o) Click here for full details of this book, to ask a question or to buy it on-line. Bibliophile Bookbase probably offers multiple copies of Hofstein, David; Shames, F : LITERATUR-KENTENISH [COMPLETE IN TWO PARTS]. Click here to select from a complete list of available copies of this book. Bibliophile Bookbase lists over 5 million books, maps and prints including out of print books, rare books, livres d'occasion, libri rari and first editions. Bibliophile Bookbase for antiquarian books, maps and prints. |