Bronx Primitive
Bronx Primitive, memoir by Kate Simon, published in 1982. It evokes working-class Jewish immigrant life in the Bronx during the early 20th century. A Wider World: Portraits in an Adolescence (1986) and Etchings in an Hourglass (1990) were later installments in Simon’s autobiography.
This article was most recently revised and updated by Kathleen Kuiper.
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Article Title:
Bronx Primitive
Website Name:
Encyclopaedia Britannica
Publisher:
Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc.
Date Published:
16 March 2011
Access Date:
November 13, 2026