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Leib Kvitko
Soviet Yiddish poet (1890-1952) · Russia · On the map · Writers · Died at 61
Leyb Moiseyevich Kvitko was a prominent Yiddish poet, an author of well-known children's poems and a member of the Jewish Anti-Fascist Committee (JAC). He was one of the editors of Eynikayt and of the Heymland, a literary magazine.
Leib Kvitko is read about 26 times a day, in 15 languages.
A typical day, 30 days to 22 June 2026
The middle day of the days counted, so one week of news cannot move it. The line under it is the last 60 days, one point a day.
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He was executed in Moscow on August 12, 1952, together with twelve other members of the JAC, a massacre known as the Night of the Murdered Poets. Kvitko was rehabilitated in 1955.
Country
Russia
Category
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1890 to 1952 · aged 61
