Yiddish PEN Club

Yiddish PEN Club (ייִדישער פּען קלוב yidisher pen klubקולטור־געשיכטע דער אינטערנאַציאָנאַלער ייִדישער פּען-קלוב.) was founded in 1927, with two branches in Poland, namely, in the capital of Warsaw and in Wilno (Vilnius, today in Lithuania), alongside the third branch in New York City.International Pen Club Admits Jewish Writers. 1927. Jewish Telegraphic Agency. 22 Jun.The Yiddish PEN Club’s Early Years. Formation and Self-Perception. 2023. Jewish History. This PEN Club grew out from the Association of Jewish Writers and Journalists in Warsaw (פארײן פון יידישע ליטעראטן און זשורנאליסטן fareyn fun eydishe literatn aun zhurnalistn, 1916–1939).Nathan Cohen. 2026. Association of Jewish Writers and Journalists in Warsaw. In: The YIVO Encyclopedia of Jews in Eastern Europe ייִוואָ־ענציקלאָפּעדיע פֿון די ייִדן אין מיזרח־אייראָפּע. New York: YIVO Institute for Jewish Research.

PEN International did not foresee separate clubs for writers creating literature in languages that are not official in a state. Furthermore, the regulations did not allow for another PEN club in the same city. However, the American PEN Club was already based in New York and the Polish PEN Club in Warsaw. Hence, it was decided to make Wilno into the main headquarters of the nascent Yiddish PEN Club. Yet, after the first President Moyshe Kulbak's departure for the Soviet Union in 1928, Warsaw became the Yiddish PEN Center's effective headquarters.קולטור־געשיכטע דער אינטערנאַציאָנאַלער ייִדישער פּען-קלוב.

In September 1939, Germany and the Soviet Union jointly attacked Poland and partitioned the country. As a result, the Warsaw branch of the Yiddish PEN Club was extinguished. Moscow passed Wilno and its vicinity to Lithuania, where the city was made into the country's capital of Vilnius. The subsequent Soviet occupation of Lithuania, in 1940, extinguished the Vilnius branch of the Yiddish PEN Club. The effort by Yiddish writers to revive this branch in London failed.Seek to Revive Yiddish Pen Club in London. 1941. Jewish Telegraphic Agency. 13 Feb.

In the wake of World War II and the Holocaust that wiped out the Yiddish speech community (or Central Europe's Yiddishland), the Sovietization of Poland ended the brief revival of the Warsaw branch (1945–1948).Nathan Cohen. 2005. The Renewed Association of Yiddish Writers and Journalists in Poland, 1945-48. The Mendele Review: Yiddish Literature and Language (A Companion to MENDELE). No. 156. Afterward, only the New York branch of the Yiddish PEN Club continued to function until, as part of the Congress for Jewish Culture, it went dormant during the first decade of the 21st century.Yonia Fain. 2013. askART.Yiddish Centre. President - Yonia Fain Yiddish PEN Congress for Yiddish Culture. 국제 PEN.

The Yiddish PEN Club's last organizational effort was the literary monthly די פּען di pen (The [Yiddish] Pen), published in 1994–1998 by the Alden Press in Oxford.Issues 1 – 35 of the Oxford Yiddish Monthly ‘Yiddish Pen’ (די פּען), 1994-1998.

Yiddish PEN Chairpersons Honorary President (1932–1957) Sholem AshJosph Sherman. 2026. Asch, Sholem. In: The YIVO Encyclopedia of Jews in Eastern Europe ייִוואָ־ענציקלאָפּעדיע פֿון די ייִדן אין מיזרח־אייראָפּע. New York: YIVO Institute for Jewish Research. Warsaw Branch 1930-1936 Arn ZeitlinMikhail Krutikov and Shachar Pinsker. 2026. Zeitlin Family. In: The YIVO Encyclopedia of Jews in Eastern Europe ייִוואָ־ענציקלאָפּעדיע פֿון די ייִדן אין מיזרח־אייראָפּע. New York: YIVO Institute for Jewish Research. 1936-1939 Yehiel Yeshaya TrunkJechiel Jeszaja Trunk, Yiddish novelist and essayist and president of the Yiddish P.E.N. Club in Warsaw (c. 1939). Washington DC: US Holocaust Memorial Museum. 1946-1948 Rokhl KornNathan Cohen. 2005. The Renewed Association of Yiddish Writers and Journalists in Poland, 1945-48. The Mendele Review: Yiddish Literature and Language (A Companion to MENDELE). No. 156. Wilno (Vilnius) Branch 1927-1928 Moyshe KulbakKulbak, Moyshe קולבאַק, משה. Leksikon Fun Der Nayer Yidisher Literatur. New York Branch 1927-1946 David Pinski Pinski, Dovid (David) פּינסקי, דוד. Leksikon Fun Der Nayer Yidisher Literatur.Guide to the Papers of David Pinski (1872-1959) RG 204. New York: YIVO Institute for Jewish Research. 1946-1948 Halper(n) LeivickAN ANTHOLOGY OF MODERN YIDDISH LITERATURE. 1974. Compiled and edited by JOSEPH LEFTWICH. The Hague: Mouton, p. 22. 1948-1954 Froym Oyerbakh (Ephraim Auerbach) Oyerbakh, Froym אױערבאַך, אפרים . Leksikon Fun Der Nayer Yidisher Literatur. 1956-1959 Shloyme BiklMoyshe Lemster. 2026. Bikl, Shloyme. In: The YIVO Encyclopedia of Jews in Eastern Europe ייִוואָ־ענציקלאָפּעדיע פֿון די ייִדן אין מיזרח־אייראָפּע. New York: YIVO Institute for Jewish Research.Ephraim Auerbach. Lives in the Yiddish Theatre SHORT BIOGRAPHIES OF THOSE INVOLVED IN THE Yiddish THEATRE aS DESCRIBED IN zALMEN zYLBERCWEIG'S "lEKSIKON FUN YIDISHN TEATER" 1931-1969. 1960s Aaron Glanz-LeyelesHundreds Attend Funeral Services for Aaron Glanz-leyeless; Was 77. 1967. Jewish Telegraphic Agency. 3 Jan. 1960s Leon FeinbergGuide to the Papers of Leon Feinberg (1897-1969) 1906-1969 (bulk 1920-1960) RG 601. 2-13. New York: YIVO Institute for Jewish Research. 1970s Samuel L. Shneiderman 1970s/1980s Julian (Yehiel) HirszhautGuide to the Papers of Julian (Yehiel) Hirszhaut (1908-1983) 1921-1988, 2001-2004 (bulk 1939-1945) RG 720. 2011. New York: YIVO Institute for Jewish Research. 1990s/2000s Yonia FainYonia Fain (1913 - 2013) International Artist, Award-Winning Yiddish Poet/Author Past President of the Yiddish Pen Society Past Co-President of the Congress for Jewish Culture. Hofstra University Museum of Art.

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