Itzik Manger

Itzik Manger
איציק מאַנגער
Itzik Manger, 1965, taken by Boris Carmi in Israel
Born	(1901-05-30)30 May 1901 Czernowitz, Bukovina, Austria-Hungary
Died	21 February 1969(1969-02-21) (aged 67) Gedera, Israel
Burial place	Nahalat Yitzhak Cemetery, Tel Aviv, Israel
Occupations	Poet writer playwright
Spouse	Ghenya Nadir
Partner	Rokhl Auerbakh
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Itzik Manger (30 May 1901, Czernowitz, then Austrian-Hungarian Empire – 21 February 1969, Gedera, Israel; Yiddish: איציק מאַנגער) was a prominent Yiddish poet and playwright, a self-proclaimed folk bard, visionary, and 'master tailor' of the written word. A Jew from Bucovina, Manger lived in Romania, Poland, France, England, the US (New York), Canada (Montreal) and finally Israel.