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259:, a book published in 1940 and written for children. The book is about two boys in pre-World War II Vienna: Karl, a Christian from a Socialist family, and his friend Emil, a Jew. Glatstein wanted children to understand the changes taking place in Europe, where Vienna was no longer the same Vienna ("vienn is shoyn nisht di aygene vienn fun amol").; 147:
Glatstein was interested in exotic themes, and in poems that emphasized the sound of words. He traveled to Lublin in 1934 to attend his mother's funeral and this trip gave him insight into the growing possibility of war in Europe. After this trip, his writings returned to Jewish themes and he wrote
130:(1966). Glatstein's first book, titled under his own name, established him as the most daring and experimental of Yiddish poets in terms of form and style, as well as highly skillful in verbal manipulation of free verse poetry. He was also a regular contributor to the New York Yiddish daily 98:, but later dropped out. He worked briefly at teaching before switching to journalism. He married Netti Bush in 1919, with whom he had two sons and a daughter. His second marriage was to Fanny Mazel. 789: 107: 140:
in which he published a weekly column entitled "In Tokh Genumen" (The Heart of the Matter). He was also the director of Yiddish public relations for the
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only later in life, winning the Louis Lamed Prize in 1940 for his works of prose, and again in 1956 for a volume of collected poems titled
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credo rejected metered verse and declared that non-Jewish themes were a valid topic for Yiddish poetry. His books of poetry include
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Selected Poems of Yankev Glatshteyn, translated, edited, and with an introduction by Richard J. Fein (Philadelphia, 1987)
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Glatstein, Jacob; Deshell, Maier; Guterman, Norbert (2010). Wisse, Ruth; Deshell, Maier; Guterman, Norbert (eds.).
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until the age of 16, supplemented by private education in secular subjects, and an introduction to
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pre-Holocaust works that eerily foreshadowed coming events. After the
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He won acclaim as an outstanding figure of mid-20th-century American
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A World Literature To-Come: Jacob Glatstein's Vernacular Modernism
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Glatstein died on November 19, 1971, in New York City.
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Emigrants from Congress Poland to the United States
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His name is also spelled 27: 13: 642: 596:10.1093/oso/9780198863717.003.0003 14: 801: 731: 482: 426: 378: 202: 152:, he became known for passionate 584:Zaritt, Saul Noam (2020-10-13). 241:(Yiddish meanings, 1937), poems; 235:(The Purim Guard, 1931), a play; 702:A History of Yiddish Literature 440:"The Magic Mountain of Yiddish" 438:Horn, Dara (13 November 2017). 226:(Credos, New York, 1929) poems; 214:book of poems in Yiddish, 1921; 577: 545: 521: 457: 339: 300: 191:Glatstein was memorialized in 1: 400:The American Jewish Year Book 352:La Rassegna Mensile di Israel 348:"Jacob Glatstein (1896-1971)" 293: 271:(Jubilant Jews, 1946), poems; 265:(Poems of Remembrance, 1943); 78:. In 1914, due to increasing 53: 466:"Jacob Glatstein's Prophecy" 82:in Lublin, he immigrated to 7: 785:20th-century American poets 275:The Joy of the Yiddish Word 181:Congress for Jewish Culture 10: 806: 655:. Yale University Press. 186: 166: 154:poems written in response 101: 72:modern Yiddish literature 652:The Glatstein Chronicles 283:(A Yid fun Lublin, 1966) 142:American Jewish Congress 66:movement, he received a 681:American Yiddish Poetry 106:In 1920, together with 780:Yiddish-language poets 470:Jewish Review of Books 394:Lapin, Shmuel (1972). 251:Homecoming at Twilight 58:Glatstein was born in 775:Jewish American poets 698:Liptzin, Sol (1971), 307:Hadda, Janet (1981). 68:traditional education 220:(Fraye jerzn, 1926); 64:Jewish Enlightenment 464:Horn, Dara (2011). 92:New York University 557:The New York Times 533:www.britannica.com 501:The New York Times 173:Yiddish literature 108:Aaron Glanz-Leyles 691:978-0-8047-5170-4 662:978-0-300-16878-5 605:978-0-19-886371-7 245:When Yash Set Out 128:A Jew from Lublin 44:Yankev Glatshteyn 797: 724: 705: 694: 674: 636: 635: 629: 625: 623: 615: 613: 612: 581: 575: 574: 572: 571: 549: 543: 542: 540: 539: 525: 519: 518: 516: 515: 493: 480: 479: 477: 476: 461: 455: 454: 452: 450: 435: 424: 423: 391: 376: 375: 358:(2/3): 215–219. 343: 337: 336: 304: 269:Shtralndike yidn 209:Jacob Glatshteyn 177:From All My Toil 150:Second World War 138:Yiddisher Kemfer 124:Jacob Glatshteyn 48:Jacob Glatshteyn 29: 805: 804: 800: 799: 798: 796: 795: 794: 750: 749: 744:"Eretz Acheret" 739:Kingdom of Jews 734: 714: 692: 663: 645: 643:Further reading 640: 639: 627: 626: 617: 616: 610: 608: 606: 582: 578: 569: 567: 551: 550: 546: 537: 535: 527: 526: 522: 513: 511: 495: 494: 483: 474: 472: 462: 458: 448: 446: 444:Tablet Magazine 436: 427: 392: 379: 344: 340: 305: 301: 296: 281:A Jew of Lublin 205: 193:Cynthia Ozick's 189: 169: 104: 56: 20:Jacob Glatstein 17: 12: 11: 5: 803: 793: 792: 787: 782: 777: 772: 767: 762: 748: 747: 741: 733: 732:External links 730: 729: 728: 725: 712: 695: 690: 675: 661: 644: 641: 638: 637: 604: 576: 559:. 1966-10-27. 544: 520: 503:. 1971-11-20. 481: 456: 425: 377: 354:(in Spanish). 338: 319:(2): 192–200. 298: 297: 295: 292: 291: 290: 284: 278: 272: 266: 260: 254: 248: 242: 236: 227: 221: 215: 204: 203:Selected works 201: 188: 185: 168: 165: 133:Morgen-Zhurnal 103: 100: 55: 52: 28:יעקב גלאטשטיין 15: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 802: 791: 788: 786: 783: 781: 778: 776: 773: 771: 768: 766: 763: 761: 758: 757: 755: 745: 742: 740: 736: 735: 726: 723: 719: 715: 713:0-8246-0124-6 709: 704: 703: 696: 693: 687: 683: 682: 676: 672: 668: 664: 658: 654: 653: 647: 646: 633: 621: 607: 601: 597: 593: 589: 588: 580: 566: 562: 558: 554: 548: 534: 530: 524: 510: 506: 502: 498: 492: 490: 488: 486: 471: 467: 460: 445: 441: 434: 432: 430: 421: 417: 413: 409: 405: 401: 397: 390: 388: 386: 384: 382: 373: 369: 365: 361: 357: 353: 349: 342: 334: 330: 326: 322: 318: 314: 310: 303: 299: 288: 285: 282: 279: 276: 273: 270: 267: 264: 261: 258: 255: 252: 249: 246: 243: 240: 239:Yidishtaytshn 237: 234: 233:purim-gvardye 231: 228: 225: 222: 219: 216: 213: 212: 207: 206: 200: 198: 194: 184: 182: 178: 174: 164: 161: 159: 155: 151: 145: 143: 139: 135: 134: 129: 125: 121: 117: 113: 109: 99: 97: 96:N. 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Aaron Glanz-Leyles
Morgen-Zhurnal
American Jewish Congress
Second World War
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Congress for Jewish Culture
Cynthia Ozick's
"German and Yiddish in the Poetry of Jacob Glatstein"
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"Jacob Glatstein (1896-1971)"
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