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'The Life & Works of Aaron Kramer' Presented in Dowling Celebration of Jewish Culture - Former Student Will Present On Work of Noted Poet, Professor -
As part of its year-long celebration of Jewish and Jewish-American Contributions to American Culture, Dowling College is pleased to announce a discussion of the life and works of Aaron Kramer, poet, translator, activist and educator, as presented by Dr. Donald Gilzinger.
The discussion will be held on Wednesday, February 15 from 7:00 * 9:00 p.m. in the Hunt Room of Fortunoff Hall, located at Dowling's historic Rudolph Campus in Oakdale. This event is free and open to the public. The talk will focus on Jewish themes in Kramer's poetry as well as his devotion to translating the works of Yiddish poets.
Kramer was a professor of English who taught at Dowling College for over thirty years before his death in 1997. His published works of poetry include Roll the Forbidden Drums! (1954) and Carousel Parkway (1980). His translations include A Century of Yiddish Poetry (1988) and The Last Lullaby: Poetry from the Holocaust (1998).
Gilzinger, a graduate of Dowling College ('69), and professor of English at Suffolk County Community College in Selden, New York, studied with Kramer. Gilzinger and Kramer became close friends and at Kramer's request in 1970, Gilzinger became his bio-bibliographer. Gilzinger's most recent publication is Wicked Times: Selected Poems of Aaron Kramer (University of Illinois Press 2004) edited with Cary Nelson.
About Dowling College
Dowling College is an independent, coeducational college that serves more than 6,500 students at
its historic Rudolph Campus on the banks of the Connetquot River in Oakdale, NY, and the 105-acre
Brookhaven Campus in eastern Long Island and a business center located near the Nassau-Suffolk
border in Melville. Dowling offers Bachelor′s, Master′s, and Doctoral degrees in several
disciplines through its four schools: Arts and Sciences, Aviation, Business, and Education.
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