During the World War I he lived in Kovno (today, Kaunas, Lithuania), where he began to write poetry in Hebrew, before switching to Yiddish.[1] He made his publishing debut in Yiddish in 1916,[1] with the poem "Shterndl" (Little star). In 1918 he moved to the city of Minsk;[1] in 1919, after the Soviet Revolution, to Vilna (today Vilnius, Lithuania); and in 1920 to Berlin.
In 1923 he came back to Vilna, which after the war had become part of newly independent Poland, and was a center of Yiddish literary culture. In Vilna he taught modern Yiddish literature at the Real-Gymnasium (a Yiddish-speaking high school), as well as at the Yiddish teachers' seminary.[2] By 1928 he became disappointed with the literary atmosphere in Poland, and decided to return to Minsk (capital of the Soviet Belarus), where much of his family lived, and where there was a lively Yiddish literary scene.[1][2]
In Minsk, Kulbak worked for several media organizations and for the Jewish section of the Academy of Sciences of Belarus.
Kulbak wrote poems, fantastical or "mystical" novels, and, after moving to the Soviet Union, what are described by one source as "Soviet" satires. His novel The Zelmenyaners depicted with some realism the absurdities of Soviet life.
His mystical novella The Messiah of the House of Ephraim (1924) draws together many strands of Jewish folklore and apocalyptic belief, presenting them from a perspective that owes much to German expressionist cinema. It principally concerns the poor man Benye, who may or may not be a Messiah, and whose destiny is intertwined with the Lamed-Vavniks. (In Jewish mysticism, the Lamed-Vavniks are a group of 36 holy Jews on whose goodness the whole of humanity depends.) Benye, and the many other characters, undergo experiences the strangeness of which approaches incomprehensibility, to themselves as well as the reader. Legendary figures such as Lilith and Simkhe Plakhte are characters in the novel.
^Расстраляныя літаратары. Мойша Кульбак, вытанчаны паэт з «трацкісцка-тэрарыстычнай арганізацыі» [The Executed Writers: Moshe Kulbak, the sophisticated poet from the 'Trotskyist-terrorist organization] - Radio Svaboda, 6 October 2017
^Bella Szwarcman-Czarnota: Z Wilna do Ziemi Izraela. Midrasz (Warsaw), October 2007. p. 48. The article makes clear that Moyshe Kulbak was arrested in September 1937 and executed one month later. Even so, in many encyclopedia articles (similarly to the case of Isaac Babel) 1940 is given as the date of his death.
^Kulbak, Moshe (2013). The Zelmenyaners : a family saga. New Haven: Yale University Press. p. xxxiv. ISBN9780300188950.
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Moyshe Kulbak Yiddish משה קולבא ק Belarusian Majsej Mojsha Kulbak 1896 1937 was a Belarusian Jewish writer who wrote in Yiddish Moyshe KulbakNative nameמשה קולבא קBorn 1896 03 20 March 20 1896Smarhon Russian EmpireDiedOctober 29 1937 1937 10 29 aged 41 Minsk USSROccupationWriter poetLanguageYiddishYears active1916 1937Notable worksThe Messiah of the House of Ephraim 1924 The Zelmenyaners Contents 1 Biography 2 Bibliography 3 References 4 External linksBiography editBorn in Smarhon present day Belarus then in the Russian Empire to a Jewish family Kulbak studied at the famous Volozhin Yeshiva During the World War I he lived in Kovno today Kaunas Lithuania where he began to write poetry in Hebrew before switching to Yiddish 1 He made his publishing debut in Yiddish in 1916 1 with the poem Shterndl Little star In 1918 he moved to the city of Minsk 1 in 1919 after the Soviet Revolution to Vilna today Vilnius Lithuania and in 1920 to Berlin In 1923 he came back to Vilna which after the war had become part of newly independent Poland and was a center of Yiddish literary culture In Vilna he taught modern Yiddish literature at the Real Gymnasium a Yiddish speaking high school as well as at the Yiddish teachers seminary 2 By 1928 he became disappointed with the literary atmosphere in Poland and decided to return to Minsk capital of the Soviet Belarus where much of his family lived and where there was a lively Yiddish literary scene 1 2 In Minsk Kulbak worked for several media organizations and for the Jewish section of the Academy of Sciences of Belarus Kulbak wrote poems fantastical or mystical novels and after moving to the Soviet Union what are described by one source as Soviet satires His novel The Zelmenyaners depicted with some realism the absurdities of Soviet life His mystical novella The Messiah of the House of Ephraim 1924 draws together many strands of Jewish folklore and apocalyptic belief presenting them from a perspective that owes much to German expressionist cinema It principally concerns the poor man Benye who may or may not be a Messiah and whose destiny is intertwined with the Lamed Vavniks In Jewish mysticism the Lamed Vavniks are a group of 36 holy Jews on whose goodness the whole of humanity depends Benye and the many other characters undergo experiences the strangeness of which approaches incomprehensibility to themselves as well as the reader Legendary figures such as Lilith and Simkhe Plakhte are characters in the novel In September 1937 Moyshe Kulbak was arrested during a wave of Stalinist purges He was accused of espionage and executed a month later together with several dozens of other Belarusian writers intellectuals and administrators In 1956 after the death of Joseph Stalin he was officially rehabilitated by the Soviet authorities 3 4 nbsp Photo of Moyshe Kulbak with his signatureBibliography editShirim Poems 1920 Die Shtot The Village Romantic poem 1920 Raysn Belarus Poems 1922 Lider Poems 1922 Yankev Frank Drama 1922 Meshiekh ben Efrayine Novel 1924 The Messiah of the House of Ephraim English translation in Yenne Velt ed and trans Joachim Neugroschel 1976 repr New York Wallaby 1978 Vilne Poem 1926 Montag Monday Novel 1926 Lunes Editado por el Circulo d Escritores 2014 Bunye un Bere afn shliakh Novel 1927 Zelminianer Novela 1931 Zelmenyane roman Russian edition translated by Rachel Boymvol 1960 5 The Zelmenyaners a family saga English translation 2013 Zelmancy Belarusian version Minsk 1960 2nd edition 2015 Los Zelmenianos Spanish version Xordica editorial Zaragoza 2016 Disner Childe Harold Child Harold from Disna Satiric poem 1933 The Wind Who Lost His Temper English translation in Yenne Velt Boitre Dramatic poem 1936 Beniomine Maguidov Play 1937 References edit a b c d Novershtern Avraham August 19 2010 Kulbak Moyshe YIVO Encyclopedia of Jews in Eastern Europe yivoencyclopedia org Retrieved 2016 12 25 a b Liptzin Sol Zutra Itay B 2007 Kulbak Moyshe In Berenbaum Michael Skolnik Fred eds Encyclopaedia Judaica Vol 12 2nd ed Detroit Macmillan Reference p 383 ISBN 978 0 02 866097 4 Rasstralyanyya litaratary Mojsha Kulbak vytanchany paet z trackiscka terarystychnaj arganizacyi The Executed Writers Moshe Kulbak the sophisticated poet from the Trotskyist terrorist organization Radio Svaboda 6 October 2017 Bella Szwarcman Czarnota Z Wilna do Ziemi Izraela Midrasz Warsaw October 2007 p 48 The article makes clear that Moyshe Kulbak was arrested in September 1937 and executed one month later Even so in many encyclopedia articles similarly to the case of Isaac Babel 1940 is given as the date of his death Kulbak Moshe 2013 The Zelmenyaners a family saga New Haven Yale University Press p xxxiv ISBN 9780300188950 External links editMoyshe Kulbak books in the Yiddish Book Center digital library in Yiddish Lectures on Moyshe Kulbak s works by Marc Caplan from Dartmouth College and University of Wroclaw Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Moyshe Kulbak amp oldid 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