Joseph Bovshover
Joseph Bovshover | |
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יוסף באָװשאָװער | |
 Bovshover in 1911 | |
| Born | September 30, 1873 |
| Died | December 25, 1915 (aged 42) Poughkeepsie, New York, U.S. |
| Other names | Basil Dahl, M. Turbov |
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| Movement | Anarcho-communism |
Joseph Bovshover (Yiddish: יוסף באָװשאָװער; September 30, 1873 – December 25, 1915), also known under pseudonyms Basil Dahl and M. Turbov, was a Yiddish poet, essayist, and translator of Russian-Jewish descent. Emma Goldman described him in her autobiography Living My Life as being a "high-strung and impulsive man of exceptional poetic gifts."[1]
Bovshover left his home in Lyubavichi for Riga at a young age, where he studied German and became interested in the work of Heinrich Heine. At 18 years of age, Bovshover immigrated to the United States, where he established a place in the American anarchist movement.[2]
While initially inspired by other "sweatshop poets" such as Morris Rosenfeld and David Edelstadt, Bovshover later developed his own unique style influenced by American poets like Walt Whitman.[2]
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
- ↑ "Living My Life/Volume 1". Wikisource. Retrieved 9 May 2021.
- 1 2 "Joseph Bovshover". Yiddishkayt. Retrieved 2026-05-21.
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