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Abraham Moses Klein (14 February 1909 – 20 August 1972) was a Canadian poet, journalist, novelist, short story writer and lawyer. He has been called "one of Canada's greatest poets and a leading figure in Jewish-Canadian culture."
Feb 10, 2008 · Abraham Moses Klein, poet, writer (b at Ratno, Ukraine 14 Feb 1909; d at Montréal 20 Aug 1972). One of Canada's greatest poets and a leading figure in Jewish-Canadian culture, Klein was raised in the working-class Jewish immigrant district of Montréal.
Aug 8, 2010 · Abraham Moses Klein was born in Ratno, Ukraine in 1909 and died 1972. When he was 3 or 4 years old, he moved from Ratno to Montreal with his family, because of the pogroms taking place in the country. Thus like other Jewish families, Klein’s family sought a safer place to live.
A glance at the chapter headings of Usher Caplan's recent biography of A.M. Klein, Like One That Dreamed, signals the tragic rise and fall of a Canadian poet. From his vivid account of "The Jargoning City" of Montreal, where Klein's Russian parents arrived in 1910 and where they helped shape the bourgeoning Jewish community into a facsimile of ...
Aug 17, 2024 · A.M. Klein (born 1909, Ratno, Volhynia, Russian Empire [now Ratne, Ukraine]—died Aug. 21, 1972, Montreal, Que., Can.) was a Canadian poet whose verse reflects his strong involvement with Jewish culture and history.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
I n 1957, the biographer Leon Edel was passing through Montreal and decided to call on his old friend A. M. Klein. Then forty-eight, Klein had emerged from the immigrant streets of his “jargoning city” to become the most prodigious poet at work in Canada.
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Feb 7, 2006 · The Rocking Chair was the best received of Klein's books, winning enthusiastic praise in Québec for its accuracy and sensitivity, and also capturing the Governor General's Award for poetry. It is one of the major collections of 20th century Canadian poetry.
