MEKSIKANISHE REFLEKSN: PUBLITSISTISHE UN LITERARISH-KRITISHE FARTSAYKHNUNGEN [AUTHOR INSCRIBED]

Meksike: Farlag Zelbsthilf, 1954. Paperback. 1st edition. Original wrappers. 8vo. 306 pages, 23 cm. In Yiddish with alternate Spanish title page. Title translates to "Mexican Reflections: Critical Essays on Jewish Subjects. " Kahan (1896-1965) was a prominent Mexican Yiddish essayist and musicologist. He was born in Bialystok but emigrated to Mexico City in 1921, where he was professor of the history of modern civilization at the Mexican National Teachers' College. He was editor of Der Veg and managing editor of Tribuna Israelita. He played an important role in the cultural life of Mexico's Jewish community and collected his many essays on literature, music, and important Jewish and Mexican personalities in five Yiddish volumes, of which the most significant was his Literarishe un Zhurnalistishe Fartseykhnungen ("Literary and Journalistic Sketches, " 1961) . He published an abridged Spanish translation of *Graetz's History of the Jews under the title Historia del pueblo de Israel (Jewish Virtual Library, 2018) . SUBJECTS: Jews -- Mexico. OCLC lists 20 copies worldwide (OCLC: 11002895) . Lengthy inscription from year of publication to previous owner. Edge wear to wrappers. Pages browning. Overall good condition. (YID-41-29).