Autobiographical by A.M. Klein: National Film Board of Canada, 1965 — A poet’s view of Montréal, as revealed in the rich imagery of his verse. From Klein’s poetry this film reveals what he saw and valued, and so presents a many-sided vignette of the old Montréal and the Jewish community he knew as a boy. The poems are read by Alexander Scourby.
A Great Talmudist: Rabbi Pinchas Hirschsprung Interviewed: A. M. Klein, The Canadian Jewish Chronicle, May 13, 1942 – There is doubt that the ravages of the contemporary Humaniacs have left their mark for generations to come, not only upon the physical appearance of the European continent, but also upon its cultural character.
For Further Reference
Jewish Canadian Identity: A.M. Klein’s “Heirloom”: Soji Motomura, Eigo Daily, 2018 — An immigrant-receiving country such as Canada has many diverse religious and cultural groups. For example, Canada has the 4th largest Jewish population in the world. For much of their history, Jewish people lived without a homeland and suffered from religious persecution, the violence of pogroms, ethnic cleansing, and in the 20th century, genocide in Nazi Germany. Includes bibliography on A.M. Klein and his writings.
WATCH: Describing the Canadian-Jewish Writer A.M. Klein: Yiddish Book Center, Wexler Oral History Project — Ron Finegold – former employee of the Montreal Jewish Public Library – describes the work of writer A.M. Klein, including how Klein was commissioned to write passages for a history text.
A.M. Klein Finds a Home in Writers’ Chapel: Ian McGillis, Montreal Gazette, Oct. 5, 2016 — When Montreal poet A.M. Klein is commemorated Thursday with the unveiling of a plaque in his honour in St. Jax Montréal on downtown Ste-Catherine St., the occasion won’t be without a certain irony.
A.M. Klein: Portrait of the Poet as Person: Ezra Glinter, Forward, Jan. 8, 2008 — In a 1943 letter to his colleague A.J.M. Smith, Montreal poet A.M. Klein complained of critics’ tendency to identify him primarily as a Jewish poet.
The Second Scroll, by A. M. Klein: Allan Mandelbaum, Commentary, December 1951 — The present work by A. M. Klein is novel, travel book, personal memoir, history-biography of the Jew as wanderer, confession of faith, and work of love.
A.M. Klein: Biography: University of Toronto Libraries – A. M. Klein was born in 1909 to Kalman and Yetta Klein, orthodox Jews, in Ratno, a small town in the Ukraine, and brought to Montreal with his family probably the following year (officially claimed to have been born in Montreal, 14 February 1909).
The Canon According to Wisse: Ken Gewertz, The Harvard Gazette, Nov. 9, 2000 — Ruth Wisse hesitates to compare her latest work to the Bible, but she admits there may be some similarities.
