Yezierska, Anzia, 1880?-1970

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Russian born Jewish author; emigrated to U.S., ca. 1901; naturalized citizen 1912; b. date varies.

From the description of Anzia Yezierska collection, 1920-1998. (Boston University). WorldCat record id: 70969754

Novelist and chronicler of Jewish immigrant life and of the problems of old age; b. near Warsaw, Poland, and emigrated to New York City as a teenager.

From the description of Anzia Yezierska papers, 1954-1971. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70978331

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creatorOf Yezierska, Anzia, 1880?-1970. Correspondence with Theodore Dreiser, n.d. University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Van Pelt Library
creatorOf Yezierska, Anzia, 1880?-1970. Anzia Yezierska papers, 1954-1971. Judah L. Magnes Memorial Museum, Rabbi Morris Goldstein Library
creatorOf Yezierska, Anzia, 1880?-1970. Anzia Yezierska collection, 1920-1998. Boston University. School of Medicine
referencedIn Houghton Mifflin Company contracts, 1831-1979 (inclusive) 1880-1940 (bulk). Houghton Library
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Place Name Admin Code Country
United States
New York (State)--New York
Subject
American literature
American literature
American literature
Immigrants in literature
Jews
Jews in literature
Russian
Russian Americans
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Women authors, American
Women novelists, American
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Birth 1882

Death 1970-11-21

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