Efrat Gal-Ed
Efrat Gal-Ed
Efrat Gal-Ed, born in Tiberias, Israel, in 1956, studied Jewish studies, German philology and comparative literary studies as well as painting and holds a PhD in Yiddish studies. Efrat Gal-Ed is a painter and author and lives in Cologne. She teaches Yiddish literature and culture at the Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf.
Efrat Gal-Ed, born in Tiberias, Israel, in 1956, studied Jewish studies, German philology and comparative literary studies as well as painting and holds a PhD in Yiddish studies. Efrat Gal-Ed is a painter and author and lives in Cologne. She teaches Yiddish literature and culture at the Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf.
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Year of Publication: 2015
Efrat Gal-EdYear of Publication: 2015
No One’s Language
This biography of one of the most important Yiddish poets, the first comprehensive one worldwide, is extraordinary in form and content. The life story of Itzik Manger (1901 – 1969) becomes intertwined with a lively depiction of the Eastern European Yiddish-secular culture in between the World Wars. And appropriately, Gal-Ed’s textual alignment follows the page layout of the Talmud: with a...