Tuesday, September 20, 2011

Poetic Obituaries: Hilda Schrager Silverblatt, 91, of Center City,

literary executor and first cousin of Holocaust poet Selma Meerbaum-Eisinger, died of cancer Wednesday, Sept. 14, at Wissahickon Hospice in Bala Cynwyd.

In 2008, an English translation of Meerbaum-Eisinger's Harvest of Blossoms: Poems From a Life Cut Short was published by Northwestern University. The book was edited by Mrs. Silverblatt's twin daughters, Helene and Irene.

from The Philadelphia Inquirer: Hilda S. Silverblatt, 91, Holocaust poet's executor

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