The Testing of Hanna Senesh - Softcover

WHITMAN, RUTH; ROTHKIRCHEN, LIVIA (HISTORICAL BACKGROUND).

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0814318541 ISBN 13: 9780814318546

Publisher: Wayne State University Press, Detroit, 1986

Synopsis

A series of poems and prose passages recreating the last nine months of Hannah Senesh, who was executed at the age of 23 for her efforts to liberate Hungary and save its Jewish population from the Nazis. A chapter on the historical background, written by Livia Rothkirchen, is also included.

About this title

Book Description

In poetry and prose, Ruth Whitman recreates the last nine months in the life of Hanna Senesh-poet, pioneer, and hero of World War II.

About the Author

Ruth Whitman is a widely published poet, author, and translator. She has published two books on poetic method. Her translations include The Selected Poems of Jacob Glatstein and An Anthology of Modern Yiddish Poetry. Whitman is lecturer in poetry for Radcliffe Seminars of Radcliffe College. She holds an M.A. From Harvard University.

Livia Rothkirchen, former editor of the Yad Vashem Studies, is the author of many monographs on the Jews of Eastern Europe and The Destruction of Slovak Jewry.

Edition details

• Publisher: Wayne State University Press, Detroit
• Publication date: 1986
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0814318541
• ISBN 13: 9780814318546
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 120