Avrom Sutzkever: Ten Poems

About this episode

The episode discusses the publication of Avrom Sutzkever's 'Ten Poems' and features a panel on his work.

In 2017, a cache of Jewish materials was discovered in the Martynas Mažvydas National Library of Lithuania. The discovery included a manuscript of “Tsen Lider” (“Ten Poems”), a collection written and compiled by Yiddish poet Avrom Sutzkever while living in the Vilna Ghetto. This unique manuscript includes variants of later published poems and preserves Sutzkever's original spelling and punctuation. Sutzkever's manuscript, along with the other materials found in 2017, are being digitized as part of the Edward Blank YIVO Vilna Online Collections Project. Join YIVO to celebrate the publication of Tsen Lider. Ten poems. Dešimt eilėraščių prepared by the National Library of Lithuania in collaboration with YIVO. This new publication offers facsimile images of the original manuscript, translations into English and Lithuanian, and essays on Sutzkever and his work by Mindaugas Kvietkauskas and David Fishman, with a forward by Lara Lempertienė. The event will feature a discussion panel on Sutzkever's work with Lithuanian Minister of Culture Mindaugas Kvietkauskas, Lara Lempertienė, head of the Judaica Department at the Martynas Mažvydas National Library of Lithuania, and literary and…

People in this episode

Host: Jonathan Brent

Guests: Mindaugas Kvietkauskas, Lara Lempertienė, Justin Cammy

Topics covered

• Yiddish poetry
• Jewish history
• Lithuanian culture
• Avrom Sutzkever
• Vilna Ghetto
• literary discussion

Keywords

• Avrom Sutzkever
• Yiddish
• poetry
• Vilna Ghetto
• Jewish literature
• Lithuania
• cultural history

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Martynas Mažvydas National Library of Lithuania, YIVO

Books & works: Tsen Lider

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