Yehoash (poet)

Yehoash was the pen name for Solomon Blumgarten , also known as Solomon Bloomgarden (1870-1927), a Yiddish -language poet, scholar and Bible translator. Yehoash "is generally recognized by those familiar with this literature [Yiddish], as its greatest living poet and one of its most skillful raconteurs", according to a New York Times book review in 1923. His output included verse, translations, poetry, short stories, essays and fables in Yiddish and some articles in English. He was responsible for translating many works of world literature into Yiddish, including Longfellow's Hiawatha and a very popular translation of the Bible . His version was hailed as a contribution of national significance and perhaps the greatest masterpiece in the Yiddish language. His two volume edition became a standard work for Yiddish speaking homes throughout the world. Born in Virbalis, Lithuania (then considered part of Russian-ruled Poland), he emigrated to the United States in 1890 and settled in New York . A visit to Palestine in 1914 led him to write a three-volume work describing the trip and the country. His description was later translated into English as The Feet of the Messenger . His translations included parts of the Koran, classical Arabic writings and Sayings of the Fathers ( Pirke Aboth ). Spivak , he wrote a dictionary of the Hebrew and Chaldaic elements of Yiddish, illustrated with idiomatic expressions and proverbs. He died suddenly at his home at 943 Whitlock Avenue in The Bronx , where he lived with his wife, Flora, and his daughter, Evelyn, at the time was a student at Hunter College. At the time of his death, he was an editor at The Day newspaper. "Impressions of the Land of Israel" book review of The Feet of the Messenger in The New York Times , June 24, 1923 Kravitz, Nathaniel, "3,000 Years of Hebrew Literature", Chicago: Swallow Press Inc., 1972 "Solomon Bloomgarten: Jewish Poet and Editor Dies in the Bronx — Funeral Today" [the name is spelled "Bloomgarten" in the headline but "Bloomgarden", with a "d", in the article), no-byline obituary in The New York Times January 12, 1927 Goldman, Yosef.

Solomon Blumgarten ( ) (16 September 1872 – 10 January 1927), known by his pen name Yehoash ( ), was a Yiddish-language poet, scholar, and translator. Yehoash was "generally recognized by those familiar with [Yiddish] literature, as its greatest living poet and one of its most skillful raconteurs", according to a New York Times book review in 1923. "Impressions of the Land of Israel" book review of The Feet of the Messenger in The New York Times , June 24, 1923

Yiddish poet (1872–1927) Solomon Blumgarten ( ) (16 September 1872 – 10 January 1927), known by his pen name Yehoash ( יהואַש ), was a Yiddish poet, scholar, and translator. Yehoash was "generally recognized by those familiar with [Yiddish] literature, as its greatest living poet and one of its most skillful raconteurs", according to The New York Times book review in 1923. " Impressions of the Land of Israel " (subscription required), book review of The Feet of the Messenger in The New York Times , June 24, 1923.

Yiddish poet (1872–1927) Solomon Blumgarten ( Yiddish : שלמה בלומגאַרטען ; 16 September 1872 – 10 January 1927), known by his pen name Yehoash ( יהואַש ), was a Yiddish poet, scholar, and translator. Yehoash was "generally recognized by those familiar with [Yiddish] literature, as its greatest living poet and one of its most skillful raconteurs", according to The New York Times book review in 1923. " Impressions of the Land of Israel " (subscription required), book review of The Feet of the Messenger in The New York Times , June 24, 1923.