Itzik Manger

Itzik Manger (30 May 1901, Czernowitz, then Austrian-Hungarian Empire – 21 February 1969, Gedera, Israel; Yiddish: איציק מאַנגער) was a prominent Yiddish poet and playwright, a self-proclaimed folk bard, visionary, and 'master tailor' of the written word. A Jew from Bucovina, Manger lived in Romania, Poland, France, England, the US (New York), Canada (Montreal) and finally Israel.

Itzik Manger
איציק מאַנגער
Itzik Manger, 1965, taken by Boris Carmi in Israel
Born(1901-05-30)30 May 1901
Czernowitz, Bukovina, Austria-Hungary
Died21 February 1969(1969-02-21) (aged 67)
Gedera, Israel
Burial placeNahalat Yitzhak Cemetery, Tel Aviv, Israel
Occupations
  • Poet
  • writer
  • playwright
SpouseGhenya Nadir
PartnerRokhl Auerbakh
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