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SUNDAY, JANUARY 22, 4 PM
1525 S. Robertson Ave., Los Angeles
From Tuskegee to Vilna:
How A Southern Black University Influenced Studies of Polish Jewish Youth in the 1930's (Part II on the Pre-Eminent Dr. Max Weinreich, Founder of YIVO)
A Multi-Media Presentation by
Dr. Leila Zenderland, Ph.D
Professor of American Studies at Cal State University, Fullerton
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Announcing the Winner of the CIYCL Sixth Annual International Yiddish-Into-English Poetry Translation Contest
We are pleased to announce the winner of the CIYCL Six Annual International Yiddish-Into-English Poetry Translation Contest. The winner is Dr. Joan Braman, Ph.D, of Bronx, NY, for her translation of the introduction to Elia Levita Bokhur's poem, "Bove-Bukh (The Book of Bovo)". Honorable mention goes to Leah Zazulyer of Rochester, NY for her translation of "Los Angeles" by Israel Emmiot.
This year's prize of $360 is being cosponsored by CIYCL and the International Association of Yiddish Clubs (IAYC). CIYCL Director, Miri Koral, is announceing the winner and reading the translation at CIYCL's "Celebration of Yiddish Poetry Event" in Los Angeles on April 10, 2011.
The 2010-11 translation contest had seven fine entries from around the globe, including Australia, Canada, England, Scotland, and the U.S.. Entrants ranged from seasoned Yiddish experts to student newcomers who tried their poetic and Yiddish language skills on everything from well-known ballads to unfamiliar gems. The tricky process of judging was assisted by Dr. Kathryn Hellerstein, Ph.D, herself a first-place winner of the second annual CIYCL translation contest and the editor/translator of books of Yiddish poetry, including the renowned Paper Bridges - Selected Poems of Kadya Molodowsky.
Elia Levita (1469-1549), (אליהו בן אשר הלוי אשכנזי) also known as Elijah Levita, Elias Levita, Eliahu Bakhur ("Eliahu the Bachelor") was a Renaissance -period Hebrew grammarian, poet and one of the first writers in the Yiddish language. His Bovo-Bukh, the most popular chivalric romance written in Yiddish, is "generally regarded as the most outstanding poetic work in Old Yiddish". It was written in 650 ottava rima stanzas, based on the popular Italian romance Buovo d'Antona, which, in turn, was based on the Anglo-Norman romance of Sir Bevis of Hampton . The present British PM, David Cameron, is a descendant.
Our winning translator, Dr. Joan Bramanof Bronx, NY, holds a Ph. D in Clinical Psychology from Columbia University. With undergraduate and graduate degrees in English literature, she is also well-versed in classic poetry. She has a background in Yiddish from attending the ArbeterRing schools as a child, and her mother was a professional translator of Yiddish and Russian. She is presently retired and is working on a soon-to-be-published translation into Yiddish of Alice in Wonderland and on an original all-Yiddish musical comedy based on Alice in Wonderland. Dr. Braman was also the winner of CIYCL's 2006 Poetry Translation Contest.
Click here to read the the winning poem.
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