Fwd: New English Translation of Gebirtig

[Ari Davidow <ari...>]

>----- Forwarded message from Bernard Katz <bkatz (at) uoguelph(dot)ca> -----
>Date: Thu, 5 Jul 2001 00:01 EST
>From: Bernard Katz <bkatz (at) uoguelph(dot)ca>
>Reply-To: bkatz (at) uoguelph(dot)ca
>Subject: New English Translation of Gebirtig
>To: hasafran (at) lists(dot)acs(dot)ohio-state(dot)edu
>
>I would like to bring Hasafraniks' attention to a just-published book of
>new translations of 88 Mordekhay Gebirtig Yiddish poems and song lyrics.
>The translator is Simcha Simchovich, no doubt well known to some AJLers
>as an award winning Yiddish poet and writer. He has also provided a 15 p.
>introduction to Gebiritg and his poetry, which includes bibliographical
>details about Gebirtig's publications. Most of the poems & lyrics were
>originally published in: Folkstimlekh (Cracow, 1920), Mayne Lider (Vilna,
>1936), and S'Brent (Cracow, 1946). The publication details are:
>
> The Song That Never Died; The Poetry of Mordecai Gebirtig. Translation
>   and introduction, by Simcha Simchovich. Oakville, Ont.: Mosiac Press,
>   2001. (vi), xv, 154 p. ISBN: 0-88962-748-7 Price: $14 USD, $19 CND.
>
>Mosaic Press may be reached at: mosaicpress (at) on(dot)aibn(dot)com and I 
>hasten to
>add that I have no commercial interest in this book or its publisher!
>B'shalom,
>Bernard Katz, former Head, Special Collections and Library Development
>McLaughlin Library, University of Guelph, Guelph ON  Canada N1G 2W1
>   Treasurer, AJL - Ontario Chapter
>
>
>
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