Poetry
Bercovici published three major books of Yiddish poetry:
- In di oygn fun a shvartser kave (1974, "In the Eyes of a Black Coffee")
- Funken iber doyres (1984, "Sparks Over Generations")
- Fliendike oysies (1984, "Flying Letters")
In addition, Bercovici and Nana Cassian translated into Romanian the work of Yiddish-language poet Itzik Manger. A volume of these translations was published in 1983 as Balada evreului care a ajuns de la ceneşiu la albastru ("Jewish ballads that have gone from gray to blue").
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