Michael Gold

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Michael Gold

Michael Gold (born Itzok Isaac Granich , also called "Mike") (born April 12, 1894 in New York City , † May 14, 1967 in Terra Linda , California ) was an American writer and literary critic .

Life

Gold was born on the Lower East Side of New York, one of three sons of Romanian Jewish immigrants . He published his first book under the name "Irwin Granich". Under the pseudonym "Michael Gold" he wrote his book " Jews without Money ", which became a bestseller . During the period of the civil war-like " Palmerian raids " he was committed to persecuted anarchists and communists . In 1925 he traveled to the Soviet Union , an admirer of which he had become since the October Revolution . In 1926 he began to publish the magazine " The New Masses " ("The new masses"), which he headed from 1928 to 1934 as editor-in-chief .

The popularity of his book "Jews without Money" made him the cultural leader of the Communist Party of the USA . Until his death he wrote editorials for her newspaper " Daily Worker ".

Works

  • Life of John Brown . Girard, KS: Haldeman-Julius, 1924.
  • Proletarian Song Book of Lyrics from the Operetta "The Last Revolution." With J. Ramirez and Rudolph Liebich . Chicago: Local Chicago, Workers Party of America, 1925.
  • The Damned Agitator and Other Stories . Chicago: Daily Worker Publishing, 1927.-Little Red Library # 7.
  • Money: A Play in One Act . New York: Samuel French, 1929.
  • 120 million . New York: International Publishers, 1929.
  • Jews Without Money . New York: International Publishers, 1930; German: Jews without money , Berlin 1931, 1955 and 1989
  • Charlie Chaplin's Parade . New York: Harcourt, Brace, 1930; German: Charlie Chaplins Parade , Berlin 1955
  • Proletarian Literature in the United States: An Anthology . (Contributor.) New York: International Publishers, 1935.
  • Change the World! New York: International Publishers, 1936.
  • "Battle Hymn": A Play in Three Acts. With Michael Blankfort . New York: Play Bureau, Federal Theater Project, 1936.
  • The Hollow Men . New York: International Publishers, 1941.
  • David Burliuk: Artist-Scholar, Father of Russian Futurism . New York: ACA Gallery, 1944.
  • Rhymes for Our Times. With Bill Silverman and William Avstreih . Bronx, NY: Lodge 600, Jewish People's Fraternal Order of the International Workers Order, 1946.
  • The Mike Gold Reader . New York: International Publishers, 1954.

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personal data
SURNAME Gold, Michael
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Granich, Itzok Isaac (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American writer
DATE OF BIRTH April 12, 1894
PLACE OF BIRTH New York City
DATE OF DEATH May 14, 1967
Place of death Terra Linda , California