Lili Berger
Lili Berger | |
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| Born | 30 December 1916  Białystok |
| Died | 28 November 1996 (aged 79) Paris |
| Occupation | Writer, critic |
Lili Berger (30 December 1916 – 27 November 1996) was a Yiddish writer, antifascist militant and literary critic.
Life
Born in the region of
Second World War, she joined the French Resistance against German occupation. In 1949, she went back to Poland and settled in Warsaw. After the 1968 political crisis in Poland and faced with a rising wave of antisemitism, she left the country and resettled once again in France. She developed a rich literary activity in the Yiddish language until her death in 1996.[1]
Works
- Ekhos fun a vaytn nekhtn, Tel Aviv: Yisroel bukh, 1986.
- Eseyn un skitsn, Warsaw: Yidish bukh, 1965.
- Fun haynt un nekhtn, Warsaw: Yidish bukh, 1965.
- Fun vayt un noent, Paris: L. Berger, 1978.
- Geshtaltn un pasirungen, Paris: L. Berger, 1991.
- In gang fun tsayt, Paris: Berger, 1976.
- In loyf fun tsayt, Paris: Berger, 1988.
- Nisht farendikte bletlekh, Tel Aviv: Yisroel bukh, 1982.
- Nokhn Mabl, Warsaw: Yidish bukh, 1967.
- Oyf di khvalyes fun goyrl, Paris: L. Berger, 1986.
- Opgerisene tsvaygn, Paris: L. Berger, 1970.
Bibliography
- (en) Dorothee van Tendeloo, "Berger, Lili", YIVO Encyclopedia
- van Tendeloo, Dorothée. "Paper Treasures: An Introduction to the Life and Work of the Yiddish Novelist, Literary Critic and Essayist Lili Berger (1916–1996).” Unpublished M.A. thesis, London: 2000.
Archives
Lili Berger's personal archives are held in the collections of the Maison de la culture yiddish in Paris.[2]
References
- ^ Felsen, Vivian. "Lili Berger". Jewish Women's Archive. Retrieved 8 December 2021.
- ^ "Archives conservées à la Bibliothèque Medem". Maison de la culture yiddish. Retrieved 27 January 2022.
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