Aleph Katz, noted poet and Yiddish editor of the Jewish Telegraphic Agency was one of the recipients of the eleven art and literature prizes awarded by the Congress for Yiddish Culture here last night. Mr. Katz was honored for his book of verse “Good Morning Aleph,” a dramatic saga of the first dawn after the end of the Hiller era.
Mr. Katz was given a $250 prize set up by Abel Shaban of South Africa under the aegis of the Culture Congress. Other Shaban prizes went to Dr. S. Margoshes, of New York well known journalist, and Prof. L. Hersch of Switzerland, $200 each for essays; Ida Maze poetess of Montreal, $125 for a volume of children’s verse, and artists Benzion of New York and Arthur Kolnick of Paris. Bimko prizes were awarded N. B. Minkoff poet and essayist of New York, $300 for a volume on criticism, and S. Berlinski and A. M. Fuchs $100 each for short stories. L. Feinberg of New York and A. Wogler of Paris were honored for volumes of verse with prizes of $250 each established by Leib Hoffer of Argentina.
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