David Ignatoff

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David Ignatoff (* October 15 . Jul / 27. October  1885 greg. In Brussilov in Kiev Governorate ; † 26. February 1954 in New York ; and David Ignatov ) was a Russian Yiddish writer and journalist. He was one of the leaders of the Di Yunge group in the United States .

Life

Coming from a Hasidic family in Eastern Europe, he emigrated to New York in 1906 , first had to work in a factory and later became a union leader.

He made his literary debut with the story Awakening in the anthology Die Jugend . He first achieved greater fame with his novella Two Forces .

Together with his fellow poet II Schwarz, he edited the 2nd volume in 1910 of the collective book literature published by the American-Yiddish literary group Di Junge (or Di Jinge = "The Boys") , which group dealt with the collective book Schriften - also managed by Ignatoff established and was characterized by the fact that it was the first to postpone social issues and criticism of capitalist exploitation in favor of aestheticizing tendencies and was more conscious of its Judaism than the generations before it.

In 1912 Ignatoff founded the short-lived America publishing house , which soon became the reservoir for modern Jewish-American literature.

David Ignatoff wrote stories, novels, songs in prose, children's books and also worked as a translator in his very own, musically lively tone and rhythm.

Works (selection)

Date of origin / appearance known

  • Two forces , 1908 (novella)
  • Wundermases fun old Prague , 1916 ff.
  • Dos Color Orgene Licht , 1918
  • In Kesselgrib , 1918 (realistic novel in three parts)
  • Between two suns , ca.1920
  • God protect and protect , ca.1920
  • Dus golden jingl , ca.1920
  • From the night , ca.1920
  • The Gibbor , ca.1920
  • The old forest , ca.1920
  • By the fire , ca.1920
  • Oif wide paths , 1932

Without year or not determined

  • Awakening (narrative; his literary debut)

Editing / Editing

  • Collection of literature (1910, volume 2)
  • Scrapbook writings

Complete editions / anthologies (own writings)

  • Scrapbook Welt an Welt , 1916
  • Collected Writings, four volumes, 1919–1920

See also

Literature / sources

  • Travel , Leksikon ... , 1914
  • Noah Steinberg, Young America , 1917
  • Niger , in: Tog-Warheit, 1920
  • Jewish National Calendar, Vienna 1921–1922
  • Book World , 1922, IV
  • Salomon Wininger , Great Jewish National Biography , Volume III, 1925 ff.
  • Stemberger , History of Jewish Literature , 1977
  • Ruth R. Wisse, A Little Love in Big Manhattan: Two Yiddish Poets , Harvard University Press, Cambridge 1988

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ “Miracle stories from old Prague”, romantic, fairytale-like stories about the hero Berl Prager, who, as a follower of the holy Rabbi Löw, happily survives all adventures thanks to God's help
  2. ^ "The hidden light", short stories, romanticizing re- creation of the stories of Rabbi Nachman von Bratzlaw
  3. ↑ Realistic novel, retelling of the rise of the Jewish labor movement in its search for a harmonization of religion and socialism
personal data
SURNAME Ignatoff, David
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Ignatow, David
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Russian Yiddish writer and publicist
DATE OF BIRTH October 27, 1885
PLACE OF BIRTH Brusilov
DATE OF DEATH February 26, 1954
Place of death new York