Jacob Isaac Segal

Translated by Vivian Felsen

Finalist, 2018 Governor General’s Literary Awards (GGBooks), Translation category

Born in the Ukraine in 1896, and settling in Montreal in 1910, Segal became one of the first Yiddish writers in Canada. His poetry, infused with lyricism and mysticism, along with the numerous essays and articles he penned, embodied both a rich literary tradition and the modernism of his...