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Chava Rosenfarb on Writing

1923–2011 Canada

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Writing is a lonely profession, and after the Holocaust, Yiddish writers were doubly lonely.

I am not a card-carrying feminist, but the intellectual baggage that I bring to the act of writing is certainly coloured by my femininity.

Feminism and Yiddish Literature: A Personal Approach (1992)

Even when I’m not writing—and now is not a very productive time for me—I live with my writing and feel it is my anchor, my support.

Letters to Blume Lempel (1982)

one’s style, one’s method of writing—these, I believe, truly reveal the face of one’s soul.

Letters to Blume Lempel (1982)

Attribution

Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Chava Rosenfarb (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.