Leib Kvitko
Leyb Moiseyevich Kvitko (October 15, 1890 – August 12, 1952) was a prominent Yiddish poet, an author of well-known children's poems and a member of the Jewish Anti-Fascist Committee (JAC). He was one of the editors of Eynikayt (the JAC's newspaper) and of the Heymland, a literary magazine. He was executed in Moscow on August 12, 1952, together with twelve other members of the JAC, a massacre known as the Night of the Murdered Poets.
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Leib Kvitko
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- Name
- Leyb Kvitko
- Birth Name
- Leyb Moiseyevich Kvitko
- Born
- 15 October 1890
- Birthplace
- Goloskov, Podolia Governorate, Russian Empire
- Died
- 12 August 1952
- Place of death
- Moscow, Soviet Union
- Occupation
- Poet
- Nationality
- Russian Empire · Soviet Union
- Fields
- verse
- Honours
- Order of the Red Banner of Labour
- Languages
- Yiddish · Russian
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Leyb Moiseyevich Kvitko (October 15, 1890 – August 12, 1952) was a prominent Yiddish poet, an author of well-known children's poems and a member of the Jewish Anti-Fascist Committee (JAC). He was one of the editors of Eynikayt (the JAC's newspaper) and of the Heymland, a literary magazine. He was executed in Moscow on August 12, 1952, together with twelve other members of the JAC, a massacre known as the Night of the Murdered Poets.
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Kvitko was rehabilitated in 1955.
Description: A little boy, Itsi, dreamt that he went to the forest, where he met many different animals: a fox, a tiger, a lion, a wolf, a bear, a monkey etc. To read the entire book, click here.
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Description: A little boy, Itsi, dreamt that he went to the forest, where he met many different animals: a fox, a tiger, a lion, a wolf, a bear, a monkey etc. To read the entire book, click here.
Center for Jewish History, NYC · In ṿald, L. Ḳṿiṭḳo
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Key facts
• Name — Leyb Kvitko • Birth Name — Leyb Moiseyevich Kvitko • Born — 15 October 1890 • Birthplace — Goloskov, Podolia Governorate, Russian Empire • Died — 12 August 1952 • Place of death — Moscow, Soviet Union • Occupation — Poet
Biography
Biography
He was born in a Ukrainian shtetl, attended traditional Jewish religious school for boys (cheder) and was orphaned early. He moved to Kyiv in 1917 and soon became one of the leading Yiddish poets of the "Kiev Group". He lived in Germany between 1921 and 1925 joining there the Communist Party of Germany and publishing critically acclaimed poetry. He returned to the Soviet Union in 1925 and moved to Moscow in 1936, joining the CPSU in 1939. By that time he was primarily writing verses for children and his style fully corresponded to the canons of socialist realism. He has family who still live in Ukraine. Some family is also located in the United States of America and Canada.
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• Illustration — Children's book by Kvitko • Illustration — In vald L Kvitko tseykhenungen Y Ribak, children's book cover
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The authorities additionally record the heading Leyb Moiseyevich Kvitko. His recorded languages were Yiddish and Russian.
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Leib Kvitko is recorded as having received Order of the Red Banner of Labour.
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1890
Leib Kvitko born at Holoskiv.
1952
Leib Kvitko died at Moscow.
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