Abraham Sutzkever | |
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Native name | אַבֿרהם סוצקעווער |
Born | Smorgon, Vilna Governorate, Russian Empire (now Smarhon, Belarus) | 15 July 1913
Died | 20 January 2010 Tel Aviv, Israel | (aged 96)
Occupation | Poet |
Language | Yiddish |
Nationality | Israeli |
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Notable awards | Israel Prize (1985) |
Spouse | Freydke Sutzkever (died 2003) |
Children | 2 |
Abraham Sutzkever (Yiddish: אַבֿרהם סוצקעווער, romanized: Avrom Sutskever; Hebrew: אברהם סוצקבר; July 15, 1913 – January 20, 2010) was an acclaimed Yiddish poet.[1] The New York Times wrote that Sutzkever was "the greatest poet of the Holocaust."[2]