AC Jacobs
Born30 May 1937
Glasgow, Scotland
Died17 March 1994
Madrid, Spain
Known forScottish poet

A C Jacobs (Arthur C. Jacobs) was a Scottish poet, born in Glasgow in 1937, he died in Madrid in 1994.

Jacobs was Jewish, wrote in Yiddish and English,[1][2] and was a gifted translator of Hebrew.[3][4][5][6]

Jacobs grew up in a traditional Jewish family who were immigrants from Russia.[5] He studied at the University of Glasgow with Philip Hobsbaum and his early work was published in the Leeds magazine Stand by Jon Silkin.[3][5]

Jacobs' poetry is described as exploring questions of nationality and language.[5]

In his obituary, his editor Anthony Rudolf said: "Many of Jacobs's poems celebrate Jewish life or honour Jewish death, sometimes with a tartan tinge" [3] and in a collection of poems highlighted "his complex cultural identity as a Jew in Scotland, as a Scot in England, and as a diaspora Jew in Israel, Italy, Spain and the UK".[7] He variously used his un-Jewish name Arthur, his adopted Hebrew name, Chaim, signing himself as Arthur C. and A. C. Jacobs.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b "Poetry Magazines - The Poetry of A. C. Jacobs". poetrymagazines.org.uk. Retrieved 2021-11-14.
  2. ^ "Poem of the week: Supplication by AC Jacobs". the Guardian. 2019-03-25. Retrieved 2021-11-14.
  3. ^ a b c "Obituary: A. C. Jacobs". The Independent. 1994-04-13. Archived from the original on 2016-03-05. Retrieved 2021-11-14.
  4. ^ Jacobs, A. C. (1976). The proper blessing : poems. London: Menard Press. ISBN 0-903400-24-3. OCLC 3061017.
  5. ^ a b c d "A. C. Jacobs Collection - Library | University of Leeds". explore.library.leeds.ac.uk. Retrieved 2021-11-14.
  6. ^ Jacobs, A. C. (c. 1991). A bit of dialect. London: Hearing Eye. ISBN 1-870841-17-4. OCLC 26085660.
  7. ^ Jacobs, A. C. (2018). Nameless country : selected poems of A.C. Jacobs. Anthony Rudolf, Merle Bachman. Manchester. ISBN 978-1-78410-675-1. OCLC 1055325727.((cite book)): CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
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