Moses Rosenkranz (1904–2003) was a German-language poet of Jewish descent. He was born in

Berehomet Berehomet (; ; ; ) is a rural settlement in Vyzhnytsia Raion, Chernivtsi Oblast, western Ukraine. It hosts the administration of Berehomet settlement hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. The settlement lies on the Siret River. As of the 2 ...

in the former

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. Berehomet is part of the region of

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which once hosted a large Bukovina German population; the village now falls within modern-day

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. Other Bukovina Germans of Jewish origin who gained renown as writers include

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and Rose Auslander. Rosenkranz's life was dogged by persecution, first by the

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regime of

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, followed by the

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system and the Romanian communist regime of

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. He finally left for Germany in 1961, and settled down in the

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region. He lived in the vicinity of

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, where he died at the age of 98. Bukovina was integral to his literary output throughout his life. In addition to his poetry, he is also known for his series of memoirs under the title ''Fragment of an Autobiography''. The first volume ''Childhood'' was translated into English by

David Dollenmayer David B. Dollenmayer (born 1945) is an American academic professor of German language, German and literary translator known for his translations of contemporary German classics into English. He taught German in Worcester Polytechnic Institute, wher ...

, who won the Wolff Prize for his rendering.Dichter Moses Rosenkranz gestorben
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1904 births 2003 deaths Bukovina Jews German-language poets People from Chernivtsi Oblast {{Poet-stub