[Mendele] MENDELE Personal Notices and Announcements--Oscar Wilde in Yiddish and Hebrew

[Victor Bers]

MENDELE Yiddish Language and Literature
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July 11, 2008
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From: Shachar Pinsker <spinsker at umich.edu>
Subject: Oscar Wilde in Yiddish and Hebrew

I am doing some research on the translations of Oscar Wilde's works
into Yiddish and Hebrew. So far, I have been able to find a number
Wilde's works translated and presented by Jewish figures like David
Frischman, Kalman Marmor, Bal-Makhshoves, Yoel Entin and Avraham
Frumkin. These books were published between 1905-1925 in places like
London, New-York, Warsaw and Berlin.

I am wondering if anyone has already done research on this topic and
compiled a bibliographic list of Wilde translations in books and
journals. Also, were Wilde's plays (especially "Salome") produced in
Yiddish and Hebrew during this period?

Another question I am trying to answer is the motivation for
translating Wilde, and the ways in which he was presented. The
question is what was highlighted in Wilde: the aesthetic qualities of
his works, his "socialism" or "anarchism," his trial and punishment in
England, his sexuality, etc.?

If anyone has any answer to these questions or any information to
contribute, please contact me: spinsker at umich.edu.

Many Thanks,

Shachar Pinsker

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