Lot 197
Three Poetry Books by Moshe Kulbak
Three books by Moshe Kulbak; poet, theater director and playwright, translator and Yiddish language author, one of the fathers of new Yiddish literature. Born in 1896; in 1937 he was arrested by the Soviet Police, during the purges of Yiddish writers. The circumstances of his death are unknown.
1. Poems, varlag fun dem farayin fun yidishe literatn un dzurnalistn in vilne [society of Jewish authors and journalists in Vilnius], Vilnius, 1920. First poetry book by Kulbak. Cover design: B. Gutler. 85, [3] pp, 23 cm. Fair condition. Cover detached and torn. Tears and stains.
2. Naye lider [new poems]. Warsaw: Kultur lige, 1922. 61, [1] pp, 23 cm. Fair condition. Cover torn and detached. Tears.
3. Lider [poems]. Berlin: Klal Farlag, 1922. 56, [3] pp, 16 cm. Good condition.
