Joseph Sherman 
Captive of the Dawn [PDF ebook] 
The Life and Work of Peretz Markish (1895-1952)

Peretz Markish (1895-1952), one of Eastern Europe’s most important Yiddish poets in the period between the two world wars, was a fiercely independent maverick who published work in all literary genres. Although emerging from the Kiev literary tradition, Markish always went his own way in a literary career spanning four decades and embracing almost