Itzik Manger

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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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.