Blum, Etta

Etta Blum was born in 1908 in New York City. She attended Hunter College and Columbia University and for years worked for the New York City Board of Education. She published two books of poetry (Poems and The Space My Body Fills) as well as translating from Yiddish, poems and short stories written by her husband, Eliezer Blum-Alquit. She lived in Santa Fe, New Mexico from 1978 to the time of her death in 1981.

Etta Blum was born in 1908 in New York City. She attended Hunter College and Columbia University and for years worked for the New York City Board of Education. She published two books of poetry ( Poems and The Space My Body Fills ) as well as translating from Yiddish, poems and short stories written by her husband, Eliezer Blum-Alquit. She lived in Santa Fe, New Mexico from 1978 to the time of her death in 1981.

Etta Blum. Part of the Etta Blum Pictorial Collection PICT 000-376.

Etta Blum was born in 1908 in New York City. She attended Hunter College and Columbia University and for years worked for the New York City Board of Education. She published two books of poetry ( Poems and The Space My Body Fills ) as well as translating from Yiddish, poems and short stories written by her husband, Eliezer Blum-Alquit. She lived in Santa Fe, New Mexico from 1978 to the time of her death in 1981.