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- ISBN 9781734193640
- Weight: 200g
- Dimensions: 129 x 205mm
- Publication Date: 21 Feb 2025
- Publisher: The Naydus Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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How was Abraham Sutzkever, the most famous Yiddish poet to survive the ghettos of Europe, inspired by an invitation to speak in South Africa? How did he transform his travels into a celebration of the creative impulse at a moment when Yiddish literature was saturated with memory and mourning? Elephants by Night offers a timeless meditation on the intersection of place, memory, and renewal. The original Yiddish text is presented on facing pages with the English translation.
Abraham (Avrom) Sutzkever (1913-2010) was among the most important Yiddish poets of the 20th century. Author of more than two dozen volumes of poetry and experimental prose, he also edited Di goldene keyt, the foremost journal of Yiddish studies for almost half a century. In 1985 he was awarded the Israel Prize, the first ever awarded for lifetime achievement in Yiddish literature.
Mel Konner is an anthropologist with experience in Botswana, the Middle East and India. He has published twelve non-fiction books and a book of poems, and won the Oberon Poetry Prize in 2018.
Justin Cammy is Professor of Jewish Studies and Comparative Literature at Smith College, USA.
