David Ignatoff

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David Ignatoff
Yiddish
Literary movementDi Yunge
SpouseMalka "Minnie" Ignatoff (1889–1971)[1]
ChildrenDaniel Ignatoff;[2] Judith (Ignatoff) Danoff

David Ignatoff (

Yiddish author and playwright. A member of the Di Yunge literary movement, Ignatoff wrote short stories, novels, plays, and children's stories
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Biography

David Ignatoff was born to a poor

Russian Social Democratic Workers Party and was arrested for revolutionary activities.[4]
He emigrated to New York City in 1906, finding work as a factory worker and union leader.

Ignatoff published his first story, "Ervachung," in Der yugend in 1907, and his novel Tsvey kreftn was published in 1908.

literary annual Literatur in 1910. Ignatoff founded the avant-garde literary quarterly Shriftn in 1912, which he edited until 1926. He also edited the annual Velt-ayn, Velt-oys (1916).[5]

Ignatoff's "Der giber" ('The Hero'), a biblical story based on the legend of Yiftaḥ, was published in the first Shriftn. In 1918 he released Dos Farborgene Likht ('The Hidden Light', 1918), a collection of tales based on the stories of Rabbi Nachman of Breslov.[5] His major works include In keslgrub ('In the Crucible', 1918); Vundermayses fun Altn Prag ('Wondertales of Old Prague', 1920); the trilogy Af vayte vegn ('On Distant Roads', 1932); Dos vos kumt for (1932); and Far a nayer velt (1939).[4][6][7] He later composed the biblical plays Yiftokh ('Jephthah', 1939) and Gideon (1953).[8]

In the last forty years of his life Ignatoff was a member of the staff of the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society. He died in New York on 26 June 1954. Arrangements for the funeral were made by the World Congress for Jewish Culture, Jewish PEN Club, Jewish Writers Union and other cultural organizations.[9]

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References

  1. OCLC 798255214
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  2. ^ "Daniel Ignatoff Dead at 67". JTA Daily News Bulletin. Jewish Telegraphic Agency. 2 November 1982. p. 4.
  3. ^ Rejzen, Zalman (1926). Leksikon fun der Yidisher literatur, prese un filologye [Lexicon of Yiddish Literature, Press, and Philology]. Vol. 1. Vilna: B. Kletzkin. pp. 61–65.
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    OCLC 859687509
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    ISBN 978-0-02-866097-4
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  6. ^ "David Ignatoff: Poetic Leader of the Young Ones". Yiddishkayt. Retrieved 5 April 2019.
  7. ISBN 978-0-521-79699-6
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  8. ^ Martin, Bernard (1981). "Yiddish Literature in the United States" (PDF). American Jewish Archives. 33 (2): 197.
  9. ^ "David Ignatoff, Noted Jewish Author, Dies in New York". Daily News Bulletin. Jewish Telegraphic Agency. 1 March 1954. p. 6.
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