Mikhoel Felsenbaum
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Mikhoel Felzenbaum (Russian:Михо́эл Фельзенба́ум); (born in 1951 in Vasylkiv
, Ukraine
, USSR) is a postmodernist Yiddish novelist, poet and playwright.
He grew up in the Bessarabia
n city of Floreşti
. He studied stage directing, theatre and art history in Leningrad
and, from 1969 to 1973, worked as a director in the national theater of Bălţi
. In the mid-1980s, he began to publish his work in the Yiddish journal Sovietish Heymland. In 1988, he founded the Jewish theater of Bălţi, for which he directed a number of plays in Yiddish. He was first chairman of the city's Jewish cultural society. His plays have been discussed in a conference in Alsace
After immigrating to Israel
in 1991, Felsenbaum published several volumes of poetry and prose in Yiddish, and was co-founder of the almanac, Naye Vegn. He has had work published in various Yiddish journals: Di Goldene Keyt and ToplPunkt (Israel), Di Pen (Oxford), Oyfn Shvel and Yidishe Kultur (New York). His novel, Shabesdike Shvebelekh, is one of the only postmodern works written in Yiddish, and is about to be translated into Hebrew, English, German, Russian and French. It was discussed at a conference in Oxford
Vasylkiv
Vasylkiv is a city located on the Stuhna River in the Kiev Oblast in central Ukraine. Serving as the administrative center of the Vasylkivskyi Raion , the city itself is also designated as a separate raion within the oblast. A location with an over 1000 years history, it was incorporated as a...
, Ukraine
Ukraine
Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia...
, USSR) is a postmodernist Yiddish novelist, poet and playwright.
He grew up in the Bessarabia
Bessarabia
Bessarabia is a historical term for the geographic region in Eastern Europe bounded by the Dniester River on the east and the Prut River on the west....
n city of Floreşti
Floresti
Florești can refer to:*Moldova:**Florești, a city in Moldova**Florești district, in Moldova** Florești, a village in Cobusca Veche Commune, Anenii Noi district** Florești, a village in Buciumeni Commune, Ungheni district* Romania:...
. He studied stage directing, theatre and art history in Leningrad
Saint Petersburg
Saint Petersburg is a city and a federal subject of Russia located on the Neva River at the head of the Gulf of Finland on the Baltic Sea...
and, from 1969 to 1973, worked as a director in the national theater of Bălţi
Balti
Balti can refer to:* Balti language, a language spoken in Baltistan in Pakistan and Ladakh in Kashmir* Balti people, Muslims of Ladakhi/Tibetan origin from Baltistan in Pakistan and Ladakh in Kashmir...
. In the mid-1980s, he began to publish his work in the Yiddish journal Sovietish Heymland. In 1988, he founded the Jewish theater of Bălţi, for which he directed a number of plays in Yiddish. He was first chairman of the city's Jewish cultural society. His plays have been discussed in a conference in Alsace
Alsace
Alsace is the fifth-smallest of the 27 regions of France in land area , and the smallest in metropolitan France. It is also the seventh-most densely populated region in France and third most densely populated region in metropolitan France, with ca. 220 inhabitants per km²...
After immigrating to Israel
Israel
The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...
in 1991, Felsenbaum published several volumes of poetry and prose in Yiddish, and was co-founder of the almanac, Naye Vegn. He has had work published in various Yiddish journals: Di Goldene Keyt and ToplPunkt (Israel), Di Pen (Oxford), Oyfn Shvel and Yidishe Kultur (New York). His novel, Shabesdike Shvebelekh, is one of the only postmodern works written in Yiddish, and is about to be translated into Hebrew, English, German, Russian and French. It was discussed at a conference in Oxford
External links
- http://shakti.trincoll.edu/~mendele/tmr/shabesdike.pdf
- (Astrid Starck-Adler), Universite de Haute Alsace, May 2003
- http://www.cs.uky.edu/~raphael/bavebter/numer.7.3/felzenbaum.vigele.html
- Рецензия на русский перевод книги «Субботние спички»
- Рецензия на роман «Субботние спички» (иврит)
- Автобиографические заметки на идише,
- английском и французском языках