Introspectivism
Jacob Glatstein
A. Leyeles
N. Minkov
1919
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With this collection, we intend to launch a particular trend in Yiddish poetry which has recently emerged in the works of a group of Yiddish poets. We have chosen to call it the Introspective Movement, a name that indicates a whole range of individual character and nuance.
We know that introspective poems as such are nothing new. In all ages…
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The Yiddish literary critic and poet Nokhum Borukh Minkov was born and raised in Poland, where he spoke Russian and Polish at home and at school. He did not immerse himself in the Yiddish language until after he moved in his twenties to the United States and began moving in New York Yiddish literary circles. He was one of the founders of the Introspectivist movement in Yiddish poetry.