Menke Katz

Menke Katz
מעינקע קאַץ
Menke Katz in 1939
BornApril 12, 1906
Svintsyan, Vilna Governorate, Russian Empire (now Švenčionys, Lithuania)
DiedApril 24, 1991(1991-04-24) (aged 85)
Spring Glen, New York, U.S.
Occupation(s)Poet, writer
ChildrenDovid Katz, Troim Katz Handler

Menke Katz (Yiddish: מעינקע קאַץ; Yiddish pronunciation: [mɛɪnkə]; April 12, 1906 – April 24, 1991) was an award-winning Yiddish-language and English-language poet and writer of Lithuanian-Jewish descent. He was one of few Yiddish poets based in the United States whose original English poetry also gained prominence.[1] He was an experimentalist of form and an opponent of rhyme, particularly in his English writing. He was the father of Dovid Katz.[2]

  1. ^ Prager, Leonard. "A Review of Menke: The Complete Yiddish Poems". The Mendele Review: Yiddish Literature and Language. Retrieved 10 May 2021.
  2. ^ Iržikevičius, Ruslanas (12 May 2019). "Prof. Dovid Katz: I live in Lithuania because I love it". Retrieved 10 May 2021.