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JEWISH BOOK ANNUAL
modern Hebrew literature. These collections contain much val
uable hitherto unpublished materials about writers. Included
in their pages are varied items, such as autobiographies, man
uscript writings, diaries and correspondence.
Among the Institute’s publications is a volume entitled
Sofrim
Ivrim Shenispu Ba-Shoah
(Hebrew Writers Who Perished in the
Holocaust), which appeared as an augmented issue o f
Yediot
Genazim
in 1973. It contains biographical information about 63
poets, novelists, critics and scholars who died in the ghettos and
concentration camps. The information about each author in
cludes pictures, representative selections from his writings and
various documents.
VARIED MATERIALS
The scope of Genazim’s interests is evident from the following
description of its activities:
Bibliographical Listing:
As indicated, the maintaining of a bib
liographical record for each author is a primary aim of the In
stitute. A card file of publications of both books and articles
is kept up to date not only for authors in Israel but also through
out the world. It is both retroactive to the days of Moshe Hayyim
Luzzatto and inclusive of current writers. The bibliographical
catalogue contains some 4,500,000 cards.
Individual Cards:
Separate cards are kept for each author, on
which there is a record of his dates, literary awards, recordings
and the like. A special file is of aid in identifying literary pseu
donyms.
Newspaper Clippings:
Files are maintained for clippings, re
views, news items and evaluations of authors. These are avail
able for reproduction.
Photo Collection:
The Institute has photos of authors covering
various periods of their lives. The collection numbers many
thousands of items and is of historical importance.
Recordings:
The Institute has an ongoing program of record
ing interviews with authors and maintains a library of these rec
ordings.
Personal Questionnaires:
The Institute maintains a file of per
sonal questionnaires which help to provide first-hand informa
tion on various authors.
Archival Collections:
The Institute houses some 1,250 archival