Joseph Bovshover (

Yiddish Yiddish (, or , ''yidish'' or ''idish'', , ; , ''Yidish-Taytsh'', ) is a West Germanic language historically spoken by Ashkenazi Jews. It originated during the 9th century in Central Europe, providing the nascent Ashkenazi community with a ver ...

: יוסף באָװשאָװער;

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: Józef Bowszower;

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: Иосиф Бовшовер; 1873–1915), also known as Yoysef Bovshover and under

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s Basil Dahl and M. Turbov, was a Yiddish-language poet, essayist, and translator of

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descent.

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described him as being a "high-strung and impulsive man of exceptional poetic gifts."

Selected works

* ''Poetishe verk'' (Yiddish: פּאָעטישע װערק; "Poetic works") (1903) * ''Lider un gedikhte'' (Yiddish: לידער און געדיכטע; "Songs and poems") (1907) * ''Bilder un gedanken'' (Yiddish: בילדער און געדאַנקען; "Pictures and ideas") (1907) * ''Gezamlte shriftn: poezye un proze'' (Yiddish: געזאַמלטע שריפֿטן׃ פּאָעזיע און פּראָזע; "Collected writings: poetry and prose") (1911, reprinted in 1916) * ''Shaylok'' (1911–1912) * ''Geklibene lider'' (Yiddish: געקליבענע לידער; "Collected poems") (1918 and 1931) * ''To the Toilers and Other Verses'' (1928) * ''Lider'' (Yiddish: לידער; "Poems") (1930) * ''Lider un dertseylungen'' (Yiddish: לידער און דערצײלונגען; "Poems and stories") (1939)

References

* https://www.encyclopedia.com/religion/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/bovshover-joseph * https://blogs.bl.uk/european/2017/07/joseph-bovshover.html 1873 births 1915 deaths People from Rudnyansky District, Smolensk Oblast People from Orshansky Uyezd Russian Jews Jewish writers from the Russian Empire Male poets from the Russian Empire Translators from the Russian Empire Emigrants from the Russian Empire to the United States American people of Russian-Jewish descent American poets in Yiddish Anarcho-communists Jewish American writers Jewish anarchists Jewish poets Jewish translators Translators to Yiddish Yiddish-language poets American anarchists American male poets 19th-century American male writers 19th-century American poets 20th-century American male writers 20th-century American poets {{Anarchist-stub

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