Jacob Isaac Segal: A Montreal Yiddish Poet and His Milieu by Pierre Anctil Sale Books the Balkans

the Balkans

Shalom Auslander

Self-hatred

For the first time

There are tracks in Yiddish

Jacob Isaac Segal: A Montreal Yiddish Poet and His Milieu by Pierre Anctil Sale Books the BalkansBorn in the Ukraine in 1896, and settling in Montreal in 1910, Segal became one of the first Yiddish writers in Canada. His poetry, infused with lyricism and mysticism, along with the numerous essays and articles he penned, embodied both a rich literary tradition and the modernism of his day. Pierre Anctil has written so much more than a biography. For the first time, Segals poetic production is referenced, translated and rigorously analyzed, and