Henry Roth to Marie Syrkin correspondence undated, 1976-1988

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Henry Roth to Marie Syrkin correspondence undated, 1976-1988

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This collection contains letters and typescript postcards from the novelist Henry Roth to fellow novelist and essayist Marie Syrkin from a period of 1976-1988. Ms. Syrkin's responses are not included. The scope of the letters are wide ranging, but mostly confined to correspondence between friends and contemporaries and discusses different topics such as Mr. Roth's reviews of Mrs. Syrkin's essays as well as the progress of his own writings. The correspondence also highlights Roth's views on events in Israel and the United States during the presidency of Jimmy Carter, events in the life of Roth, travel plans, political opinions and remarks on literature in general. The photographs consist of three items: one color photograph of Roth standing with the help of canes, presumably on a New Mexico roadside (September 1979); one black and white photograph of Roth and his wife Muriel (1981), and one color photograph of the couple presumably in their New Mexico house, with Roth seated and Muriel standing by his side (1983).

3 folders (.03 linear feet)

eng,

American Jewish Historical Society

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Roth, Henry

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Writer Henry Roth is best known for his literary classic Call it Sleep, published in 1934 when Roth was twenty-eight. Through the eyes of a young boy, the autobiographical novel chronicles the Lower East Side in the early decades of the twentieth century, then home to many Eastern European Jewish immigrants. The novel was well received at publication, but enjoyed even greater acclaim in the 1960s when it was rediscovered and critics labeled it a literary classic. Roth published very...

Roth, Muriel

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Syrkin, Marie, 1899-1989

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Zionist, educator, author, and editor; b. Bern, Switz.; married 1st: Aaron Bodansky; 2nd: Charles Reznikoff, 1930. From the description of Papers, 1915-1989. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70954540 Henry Roth (1905-1993) Marie Syrkin (1899-1989) Henry Roth and Marie Syrkin were both authors and devoted Zionists in their lifetimes. Henry Roth was born in Tyszmenicz, Galitzia, now part of the Ukraine, and immigrated to the United States as a child in 1...