A C Jacobs

AC Jacobs
Born	30 May 1937 Glasgow, Scotland
Died	17 March 1994 Madrid, Spain
Known for	Scottish 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 Lithuania. ^[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. "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. "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. 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.