tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2582017881897857199.post5742922504463098337..comments2023-11-09T01:39:18.680-08:00Comments on Yiddish Leksikon: MORRIS GISNETUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2582017881897857199.post-56305426352735459192017-07-16T14:41:49.127-07:002017-07-16T14:41:49.127-07:00Morrris Gisnet was my husband's grandfather. W...Morrris Gisnet was my husband's grandfather. We had no idea that his plays for the Yiddish theater were available anywhere. Our son's friend translated "Gelt" which he found at YIVO. We only knew about his book, " A Lawyer Tells the Truth" and now know there are other plays and writings. What a wonderful discovery!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00232977065918595046noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2582017881897857199.post-13344553548395029802017-07-12T10:33:53.759-07:002017-07-12T10:33:53.759-07:00Many thanks for this post - this is the only textu...Many thanks for this post - this is the only textual source of biographical information on Morris Gisnet which I could find, and helped me determine which of his pieces would be most interesting to translate. I decided on trying my hand at Gelt. It is my first translation project, so quite difficult, and full of Russianisms and Hebraicisms which I can hardly manage to figure out. It's clear that he was writing for a multilingual audience, and that he was a diehard lefty. I have heard that he came into some wealth later in life, in stark contrast to his penniless roots.MW2https://www.blogger.com/profile/08477841641516097021noreply@blogger.com