Anzia Yezierska

Novelist

1880-10-29 – 1970-11-20

Anzia Yezierska was a Polish-born Jewish-American novelist and short-story writer associated with early 20th-century immigrant fiction. Her work focused on Yiddish-speaking immigrant life, class mobility, and women’s independence in New York. She became known for books such as Bread Givers and stories adapted for film.

Quotes by Anzia Yezierska

I felt I could turn the earth upside down with my littlest finger. I wanted to dance, to fly in the air and kiss the sun and stars with my singing heart. I, alone with myself, was enjoying myself for the first time as with grandest company.
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I felt I could turn the earth upside down with my littlest finger. I wanted to dance, to fly in the air and kiss the sun and stars with my singing heart. I, alone with myself, was enjoying myself for the first time as with grandest company.
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The trouble with us is that the ghetto of the Middle Ages and the children of the twentieth century have to live under one roof.
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