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| Born | May 10, 1894 Byaroza, Grodno Governorate, Russian Empire |
| Died | March 23, 1975 (aged 80) Philadelphia, United States |
| Language | Yiddish |
| Citizenship | Russian Empire, Poland, United States |
| Notable works | Poetry collections: Kheshvendike nekht: lider Dzshike gas and others |
| Spouse | Simcha Lev |
Kadia Molodowsky (Yiddish: קאַדיע מאָלאָדאָװסקי; also: Kadya Molodowsky; May 10, 1894, in Bereza Kartuska, now Byaroza, Belarus – March 23, 1975, in Philadelphia) was a Polish-American poet and writer in the Yiddish language, and a teacher of Yiddish and Hebrew. She published six collections of poetry during her lifetime, and was a widely recognized figure in Yiddish poetry during the twentieth century.[1][2]
Molodowsky first came to prominence as a poet and intellectual in the Yiddish literary world while living in Warsaw, in the newly independent Poland, during the interwar period.[3][4] Some of her more playful poems and stories were set to music and sung in Yiddish schools throughout the world.[5] She was also known for novels, dramas, and short stories. In 1935 she emigrated to the United States, where she continued publishing works in Yiddish.[3] She also went on to found and edit two international Yiddish literary journals, היים Heym (Home) and סבֿיבֿה Svive (Milieu).[6][7]
- ^ "Kadya Molodowsky (1894-1975)." Jewish Heritage Online Magazine. Excerpt from: Kathryn Hellerstein, "Introduction," in Paper Bridges: Selected Poems of Kadya Molodowsky (Detroit: Wayne State University Press, 1999). Retrieved 2016-04-16.
- ^ Hellerstein, Kathryn (20 March 2009). "Kadya Molodowsky." Jewish Women: A Comprehensive Historical Encyclopedia. The Jewish Women's Archive. Retrieved from www.jwa.org 2016-04-16.
- ^ a b Klepfisz, Irena (1994). "Di Mames, dos Loshn / the Mothers, the Language: Feminism, Yidishkayt, and the Politics of Memory." Bridges. Vol. 4, no. 1, p. 12–47; here: p. 34.
- ^ Braun, Alisa (2000). "(Re)Constructing the Tradition of Yiddish Women's Poetry." Review of Paper Bridges: Selected Poems of Kadya Molodowsky, by Moldowsky and Kathryn Hellerstein. Prooftexts. Vol. 20, no. 3, p. 372-379; here: p. 372.
- ^ Liptzin, Sol; Hellerstein, Kathryn (2007). "Molodowsky, Kadia". In Berenbaum, Michael; Skolnik, Fred (eds.). Encyclopaedia Judaica. Vol. 14 (2nd ed.). Detroit: Macmillan Reference. pp. 429–430. ISBN 978-0-02-866097-4.
- ^ Hellerstein, Kathryn (2 September 2010). "Molodowsky, Kadia." YIVO Encyclopedia of Jews in Eastern Europe. Retrieved 2016-04-16.
- ^ Hellerstein, Kathryn (2003). "Kadya Molodowsky." In: S. Lillian Kremer (Ed.), Holocaust Literature. Vol. 2. New York: Routledge. p. 869-873; here: p. 870.