Leo Wiener was born in Bialystok, Russian Empire in 1862. He was an American historian, linguist, author and translator. Wiener lectured on Slavic cultures at Harvard University and became the first American professor of Slavic literature. One of his many published books include, Africa and the discovery of America Vols. I-III (1922).
Weiner translated Yiddish songs and poems. The poet he valued most was Maurice Rosenfeld and he introduced him to the world by translating his poems and essays into English.
He died in 1939 in Belmont, MA.
Biographies:
'Leo Wiener' in The World Online Encyclopedia.
'Leo Weiner' in Wikipedia.
More sources:
Leo Wiener, History of Yiddish literature in the nineteenth century. London: John C. Nimmo, 1899.
Wiener, Leo. “Africa and the Discovery of America.” American Anthropologist 23, no. 1 (1921): 83–94.
See many of Weiner's publications in the National Library of Israel.
Works by or about Leo Wiener at Internet Archive.
Works by Leo Wiener at The Online Books Page.
Klingenstein, Susanne. Jews in the American Academy, 1900-1940: The Dynamics of Intellectual Assimilation. Yale University Press, 1991.
