00:00–01:43
Basman shows Kerler her book of poems in Yiddish and Hebrew. Kerler has never seen it. Lemster asks how many Yiddish books she has published, and she says eleven or twelve. The book appeared in 2016(?), and she offers Kerler a copy.
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AHEYM-2018-024 · Basman, Rivke
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Summary
Final file of a three-part session with Rivke Basman, a Yiddish poet, at Herzliya on 12 June 2018. The conversation is informal: Basman shows Kerler her bilingual Yiddish-Hebrew poetry book, talks about her poems, translators and publishers, and then recalls childhood teasing about her speech. The recording ends with talk of farewells and a meeting.
Stretches
01:34–04:11
Basman tells how her neighbours, many from Paris and France, visit her and see her pictures. She reads aloud a poem about a quiet old woman who writes Yiddish poems alone at night. She then mentions a translator or editor named Ray Grinvald (?), whom Kerler knows as a professor of Yiddish and Hebrew.
04:02–08:45
Basman and Kerler talk about her translator and publisher, called Rafi (?), who is the main translator of her work and has published her second book. He has published a collection of old-age poems by several poets, each with his commentary. They discuss his publishing house and his telephone number, and that he does not read Yiddish. Much of the detail is unclear.
08:44–10:36
Basman mentions Ruti Zakovitsh (?) from Jerusalem, who translated a book of her poems. Kerler recalls that Ruti studied Yiddish and that he was her assistant years ago. They discuss a planned book of poems in Yiddish, and Basman thanks Moshe.
10:33–12:31
They take leave and plan to meet again, as Kerler flies to Warsaw that night. Basman recalls that at about six her father asked when she would speak properly, and that she then stuttered. Lemster adds the example of Eliezer Shteynberg (?), who was a stutterer. They reflect that a stutter becomes accepted with age.
12:26–17:10
The talk turns to writers and publication. Lemster mentions the poet Shraydman (?) and S3 asks about publishing in Bucharest. Basman speaks of her ties with Hebrew writers, a Yiddish and Hebrew digital publication that printed her poem in original and translation, and her reluctance to translate her poems herself. They end with thanks and her cataract treatment. S4 asks about a committee meeting in Beitlivik (?).