In the Hot Wind

Poetry of Celia Dropkin (1887–1956)ציליע דראָפּקין

A bilingual collection of Yiddish modernist poetry, translated to English with transliterations, German translations, and scholarly annotations.

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Bobruisk → New York · 1912

Portrait of Celia Dropkin, smiling, in black and white — Celia Dropkin · ציליע דראָפּקין — photograph courtesy of Kathryn Hellerstein (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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A Voice of Yiddish Modernism

ציליע דראָפּקין

This digital archive presents the poetry of Celia Dropkin, one of the most distinctive voices of Yiddish modernism. Each poem is presented in its original Yiddish alongside YIVO-based transliteration, English translation, and German translation.

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1887

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1956

Died

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I am a circus dameand dance between daggers
— from “The Circus Dame”