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Born in Lublin, Poland, he immigrated to New York in 1914. Considered one of the greatest experimentalists with language, Glatstein eventually made his living as a Yiddish journalist. In addition to his poetry, he wrote two important prose works describing a trip back to his native city, and several books of criticism. His early poetry, in free verse, such as his volume "Fraye ferzn" [Free verses], printed in 1926, deal with New York City, and the individual's daily existential struggle. After the Holocaust, his poetry became more conservative, more concerned with the Jewish world and Jewish history. |
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