Aliza Greenblatt

Aliza Greenblatt (Yiddish: עליזה גרינבלאַט, September 8, 1888 – 1975) was an American Yiddish poet. Her works include such well known Yiddish songs as Fisherlid and Du, Du. Her daughter Marjorie was for a time married to folk musician Woody Guthrie. She was the grandmother of folk musician Arlo Guthrie^[1] and Woody Guthrie archivist Nora Guthrie.^[2]

She was born in Azarenits, Podolskaia gubernia, to Brokhe Bas Tsion Rozovsky (Yiddish: ברכה בת ציון ראָזאָװסקי) and Abraham Aronson (Yiddish: אבֿרהם אהרונזאָן). She came to the United States in 1900.^{[3] [4]}

References

1. ^ A Jewish Visit to Guthrie's Land, Jewish Journal, Dec. 2, 2004
2. ^ The Official Woody Guthrie Website
3. ^ Greenblatt, Aliza. Baym Fentster fun a Lebn. Farlag Aliza, 1966, p. 9.
4. ^ Jewish Women's Archive