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Polish-born American poet and literary critic

Jacob Glatstein (Yiddish: יעקב גלאטשטיין, 20 August 1896 – 19 November 1971) was a Polish-born American poet and literary critic who wrote in the Yiddish language.^[1] His name is also spelled Yankev Glatshteyn or Jacob Glatshteyn.

Early life

Glatstein was born in Lublin, Poland at a time when Jews made up 51% of the city's population.^[2][3] Although his family identified with the Jewish Enlightenment movement, he received a traditional education until the age of 16, supplemented by private education in secular subjects, and an introduction to modern Yiddish literature.^[3] By age 13, he was already writing and traveled to Warsaw to share his work with celebrated Yiddish writers such as I.

L. Peretz.^[3] In 1914, due to increasing antisemitism in Lublin, he immigrated to New York City, where his uncle lived.^[4] In the same year, his first story was pu