40. [A Yiddish Literary Journal Edted by Abraham Reisin] Reisen, Abraham

YOHR-BUKH "PROGRES": A ZSHURNAL FIR [sic] LITERATUR, VISSENSHAFT UN KRITIK יאהר־בוך ״פראגרעס״: א זשורנאל פיר ליטעראטור, וויססענשאפט אונ קריטיק

Varsha [Warsaw]: Ferlag "Progress", 1904. Item #43110

First edition. Original illustrated printed boards, 8vo, 162, 32 pages, plus 7 unnumbered leaves of plates with illustrations. 22 cm. In Yiddish. Title translates as “Yearbook ‘Progress’: A Journal for Literature, Science, and Criticism.”
“Abraham Reisen was a Yiddish poet, short-story writer, playwright, and editor…While he was still a teenager, his talent was recognized by Shalom Aleichem and I.L. Peretz, who arranged for the publication of his earliest poems. After some years in Minsk, Warsaw, Krakow, and Berlin, he settled permanently in New York in 1914. Influenced by Heinrich Heine, whom he translated into Yiddish, he was one of the first Yiddish poets to make use of folksong material. His poetry, though mostly written in conventional quatrains, is suffused by a refined sensibility that adumbrates the writing of Di Yunge.” (Jewish Virtual Library)
”In 1900, [Yakov] Lidski founded "Progress" publishing house. Its name clearly communicated its goal. This publishing company, considered to be the first to deal with modern Yiddish literature, published a series of original and translated popular science books, along with translated European literature and original Yiddish literature. The first editor of the publishing house was poet Avrom Reyzen.” (Wikipedia).
SUBJECT(S): Yiddish literature. Jews -- Poland -- Periodicals. OCLC: 21651882
Wear to spine, some page separation, toning, and markings. About Good Condition. (YID-46-28-GGLEX-’cc).

Price: $150.00