Yiddish Literature Under Surveillance: The Case of Soviet Ukraine

by Gennady Estraikh

Yiddish Literature Under Surveillance: The Case of Soviet Ukraine gives a broad view on Soviet Jewish literary life, and on the repression suffered by Yiddish writers under Stalinist rule. It moves from the paradigm of writing almost exclusively about the most prominent authors, whose execution in Moscow on August 12, 1952 is tragically known as "The Night of Murdered Poets." Instead, the narrative is built as a group biography of five writers...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1666938009
• ISBN13: 9781666938005
• Release Date: October 2024
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Length: 180 Pages
• Weight: 0.96 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"