Klepfisz, Irena (1941–)

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Klepfisz, Irena (1941–)

American poet and feminist. Born 1941 in Warsaw, Poland; dau. of Michal and Rose Klepfisz; educated at City College, NY.

Immigrated to US with family (1949); taught English, Yiddish, and women's studies; was founding editor of feminist journal Conditions and contributor to various feminist and lesbian journals, including Sinister Wisdom; works include Keeper of Accounts (1982), Dreams of an Insomniac (1990), and A Few Words in the Mother Tongue (1990); writings collected in Different Enclosures: Poetry and Prose of Irena Klepfisz (1985).