ROYTARMEYISH רויטארמייאיש
New York: Folks-farlag Alveltlekher Yidisher kultur-farband, [1943]. Item #43074
First edition, Original boards, 8vo, 125 pages including illustrations. 21 cm. In Yiddish. Title translates as “Red-Army-ish.”
Holocaust-era collection of poetry by famed Soviet Yiddish poet Itsik Fefer with a title page illustrated by Marc Chagall.
Fefer “first joined the Jewish Labor Bund but, in 1919, became a member of the Communist Party. Soon after his debut as a Yiddish poet (1920), he became prominent in Soviet-Yiddish literature. In 1922 he formulated his literary credo of proste reyd ("simple speech"). By nature lyrical and even sentimental, his Yiddish was rich and idiomatic and his verses rhythmic and musical. He harnessed himself to the party line, and played a central role in the Soviet-Yiddish literary hierarchy.” (Encyclopedia Judaica).
SUBJECT(S): World War, 1939-1945 -- Poetry. Yiddish poetry. OCLC: 10793191
Light wear to spine but otherwise fresh. Very Good Condition (YID-46-22-CCLEXGG+).
Price: $125.00