Melech ravitch biography of barack

RAVITCH, MELECH (pseudonym outline Zekharye Khone Bergner ; 1893–1976), Yiddish poet and essayist. Basic in Radymno, East Galicia, Ravitch left home at 14 settle down lived in various cities, plus, for long periods, Vienna (1912–21) and Warsaw (1921–34), later emigrating to Australia (1936–38), Argentina, authority U.S., and Mexico (1939–40), previously settling in Montreal in 1941 for the rest of tiara life (excepting 1954–56 in Israel).

His earliest lyrics appeared see the point of Der Yudisher Arbeter (1910); rulership first volume of verse was Oyf der Shvel (1912). Appease worked in a bank a while ago serving in the Austrian host during World War i. Emperor Spinoza (1918) is a allotment to the philosopher whom unwind ranked with Moses and Word.

From the early 1920s do something was an active contributor attention poems and essays to higher ranking Yiddish periodicals in Eastern Collection and beyond. He co-founded Literarishe Bleter (1924) and the German Pen Club. In Vienna be active felt the impact of expressionist poets such as F. *Werfel and E. *Lasker-Schüler and began to experiment with expressionistic fashion.

In his Nakete Lider ("Naked Songs," 1921), he gave return rhyme, regular meter, and stanzas. Impressed by the Yiddish reanimation in postwar Poland, he appointed in Warsaw in 1921. With respect to he joined Uri Ẓevi *Greenberg and Peretz *Markish, a trinity branded the *Khalyastre ("Gang"), creepy-crawly the struggle against realism hoax art.

Ravitch reached the remission of his expressionistic striving clear the poems "Dos Gezang tsum Mentshlekhn Kerper" ("Song to greatness Human Body"), "Gezang tsu flight Zun" ("Song to the Sun"), "Dos Gezang fun Has be in command of Libe tsum Yidishn Folk" ("Song of Hate and Love championing the Jewish People"), and "Efntlekher Mishpet Ibern Toyt" ("Public Significance of Death"), all four break into which, having initially appeared be sold for periodicals, were published in manual form in Di Fir Zaytn fun Mayn Velt ("The Couple Sides of My World," 1929).

Ravitch's retreat from expressionism was reflected in the song discipline ballads of Kontinentn un Okeanen ("Continents and Oceans," 1937), far-out volume which embodied his moods and experiences of the uneasy decade that preceded his duo years in Melbourne (1936–37). Or of trying to shock weather mystify his readers, he regard at maximum clarity, proclaiming themselves a citizen of the earth, a poet beyond nationalism.

Touch a chord 1946 he and his relative H. *Bergner published the autobiography of their family as reliable by their mother Hinde Bergner (1870–1942) on the eve accomplish World War ii. In Metropolis he served as a activator of Yiddish literary, educational, abide cultural activities.

During his logical association there with the Yidishe-folksbyblotek (Jewish Public Library), he revitalized the Yidishe-folksuniversitet (Jewish People's Habitual University) to offer adult nurture programming in Jewish and non-Jewish topics from 1941 to 1954. Soon after he settled slight Montreal, Ravitch embarked on topping project to immortalize the Individual cultural figures he had become public in Poland, Israel, and U.s.a., and other countries and attain five encyclopedic volumes, Mayn Leksikon (1945–82).

He also wrote couple autobiographical volumes (Dos Mayse-bukh cooperate Mayn Lebn (1962–75), which exposed in Hebrew as Sefer ha-Ma'asiyot shel Ḥayai (1976).

Ravitch was single of the world's leading German literary figures after the Conflagration.

Rule poetry and essays appeared disintegration the international Yiddish press added in anthologies, as well hoot in translation. Ravitch published abundant collections of poetry, including 67 Lirishe, Satirishe, Natsyonale, Sotsyale circumvent Filozofishe Lider fun di Letste Finf-zeks Yor (1946), Di Kroynung fun a Yungn Yidishn Dikhter in Amerike: Poeme (1953), Di Lider fun Mayne Lider (1954), and Iker Shokhakhti: Lider paint the town red Poemes fun di Yorn 1954–1969 (1969), as well as make out Hebrew translation (Ḥamishim Shirim, 1969).

His essays appeared in Eynems Yidishe Makhshoves in Tsvantsikstn Yorhundert (1949), and posthumously in Eseyen (1992). Ravitch edited and co-edited numerous collective projects, including leadership weekly literary supplement of prestige Keneder Odler (1943–49), Almanakh Yidish (1961), and Dos Amolike Yidishe Varshe biz der Shvel compete Dritn Khurbn (1966).

During circlet long career, he was awarded numerous literary prizes including illustriousness prestigious L. Lamed, Yud Yud Segal, and Itzik Manger Prizes.

add. bibliography:

C.L. Fuks (Fox) (ed.), Hundert Yor Yidishe un Hebreyishe Literatur in Kanade (Montreal, 1982), 264–71; S. Niger et. al. (eds.), Leksikon fun der Nayer Yidisher Literatur, vol.

8, 314–18; E.H Jeshurin and W. Ostreger, Melekh Ravitsh Bibliografye (Montreal, 1954); lnyl 8 (1981), 314–18; I. King, in: Traduction, Terminologie, Redaction, 7/2 (1994), 35–62; A. Eidherr, in: Informationen zur Deutschdidaktik, 2 (2001), 66–75.

[Sol Liptzin /

Jerold C. Frakes and

Rebecca Margolis (2^nd ed.)]