Itzik Manger

Itzik Manger (30 May 1901, Czernowitz, then Austrian-Hungarian Empire - 21 February 1969, Gedera, Israel) (Yiddish: איציק מאַנגער) was a prominent Yiddish poet and playwright, a self-proclaimed folk bard, visionary, and ‘master tailor’ of the written word. Jew from Bucovina, Manger lived in Romania, Poland, France, England and finally Israel.

Read more about Itzik Manger:  Early Life, Young Poet, Literary Success, From Warsaw To Tel Aviv, Acclaim in Israel and Elsewhere, Books

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