- Leib Kvitko
Leib Kvitko ( _ru. Лейб Квитко, _yi. לייב קוויטקאָ) (October 15, 1890 — August 12, 1952) was a prominent
Yiddish poet, an author of well-known children's poems and a member of theJewish Anti-Fascist Committee (JAC). He was one of the editors ofEinigkeit (the JAC's newspaper) and of theHeymland , a literary magazine. He was executed inMoscow onAugust 12 ,1952 together with twelve other members of the JAC, a massacre known as theNight of the Murdered Poets .He was born in a Ukrainian
shtetl , attended traditional Jewish religious school for boys (Cheder ) and was orphaned early. He moved toKiev in 1917 and soon became one of the leadingYiddish poets of the "Kiev group ". He lived in Germany between 1921 and 1925 joining there theCommunist Party of Germany and publishing critically acclaimed poetry. He returned to theUSSR in 1925 and moved toMoscow in 1936, joining theCPSU in 1939. By that time he was primarily writing verses for children and his style fully corresponded to the canons ofSocialist Realism .External links
* [http://www.languages-study.com/yiddish/kvitko.html The Jewish Poet, Lev Kvitko] ru icon
* [http://www.languages-study.com/yiddish/kvitkolider.html Selected poetry of Jewish poet Lev Knitrko] ru icon
* [http://judaica.kiev.ua/eg9/eg934.htm Life would have been magnificent, contains Kvitko's letters to friends] , in [http://judaica.kiev.ua/zmukr9.htm Almanac "Yegupets", No 9] ,Kiev ru icon
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