Childhood; an autobiographical fragment.9780815631781 Childhood; an autobiographical au·to·bi·og·ra·phy n. pl. au·to·bi·og·ra·phies The biography of a person written by that person. au fragment. Rosenkranz, Moses. Trans. by David Dollenmayer. Syracuse U. Pr. 2007 227 pages $24.95 Hardcover PT2678 Written in 1958 and published in German as Kindheit: Fragment einer Autobiographie in 2003, the memoir memoir History or record composed from personal observation and experience. Closely related to autobiography, a memoir differs chiefly in the degree of emphasis on external events. of poet Moses Rosenkranz (1904-2003) contains recollections of a rural childhood, from birth to age 15, lived among Jews Jews [from Judah], traditionally, descendants of Judah, the fourth son of Jacob, whose tribe, with that of his half brother Benjamin, made up the kingdom of Judah; historically, members of the worldwide community of adherents to Judaism. , Ukrainians, Romanians, Poles, and Germans in the Austro-Hungarian province of Bucovina. This English translation by Dollenmayer (German, Worcester Polytechnic Institute Worcester Polytechnic Institute - (WPI) A well-regarded, small engineering college. Address: Worcester, MA, USA. , Massachusetts) makes the work available to a broader audience. ([c]20082005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR) |
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