Irena Klepfisz

Irena Klepfisz is a lesbian poet, activist, teacher and practicing secular Jew and  a vocal proponent of translating the writings of Yiddish women artists and intellectuals.  Her most recent poetry collection Her Birth and Later Years: Poems Collected and New 1971-2021 was a finalist for the National Jewish Book Award in Poetry and winner of the Audre Lorde Award for Lesbian Poetry from the Publishing Triangle.