Moyshe-Leyb Halpern
Moyshe-Leyb Halpern (born January 2, 1886 in Solochiv , Austria-Hungary ; died August 31, 1932 in New York City ) was a Yiddish-speaking modern poet . ML Halpern is considered one of the most outstanding and talented Yiddish poets. His work had a profound influence on the development of Yiddish poetry.
Life
Born and raised in a traditional Jewish family in Solochiv , Galicia , he came to Vienna at the age of 12 to learn a craft trade. Here he began to write modern poems in German. After returning to his hometown in 1907, he switched to Yiddish for his poetry.
To avoid military service, Halpern emigrated to New York in 1908, where he belonged to the group Di Yunge (די יונגע - The Boys), an association of young Yiddish-speaking poets and writers who have emigrated . This group was in opposition to the pathetic and class-struggle rhetoric of the so-called Sweatshop Poets (for example: Factory Hell Poets). After publications in magazines and anthologies, Halpern brought out his first volume of poetry In nyu york (In New York) in 1919. In the same year Halpern married. His son was born in 1923. Another volume of poetry, Di goldene pave (The Golden Peacock), came out in 1924. In addition to his poetic work, Halpern wrote for satirical magazines and the Frayhayt , a communist Yiddish daily newspaper. He died of a heart attack in New York in 1932. A large part of his unpublished poems as well as some drawings from his estate were published in a two-volume edition in 1932 by Eliezer Greenberg ( see web links ).
bibliography
- Moyshe-Leyb Halpern: In Nyu-York . Poetry book, New York, 1919.
- Moyshe-Leyb Halpern: The Golden Pave . Poetry book, New York, 1924.
- Greenberg, Eliezer (ed.): Moyshe-Leyb Halpern , 2 volumes. New York: Moyshe-Leyb Halpern Committee, 1934
Web links
- Moyshe-Leyb Halpern. Volume 1 (PDF; 5.3 MB) Electronic reproduction of the Greenberg edition. With autographs and drawings by ML Halpern. Steven Speelberg Digital Library No. 00518.
- Moyshe-Leyb Halpern. Volume 2 (PDF; 5.9 MB) Electronic reproduction of the Greenberg edition. With autographs and drawings by ML Halpern. Steven Speelberg Digital Library No. 00519.
- [1] Other titles in the Steven Speelberg Digital Library on ML Halpern
Individual evidence
- ^ Marc Miller: The persona "Moyshe-Leyb" in the poetry of ML Halpern . Montreal, 1996, ISBN 0-612-19909-6 , pp. 1f
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Halpern, Moyshe-Leyb |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Halpern, Moshe Leib; Halpern, Moses Löb |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Yiddish poet of the modern age |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 2, 1886 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Zolochiv , Galicia |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 31, 1932 |
| Place of death | New York City |