- dikhter
- dikhter(s)(m.) poet
Yiddish-English dictionary (in roman letters). 2013.
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GLASMAN, BARUCH — (1893–1945), Yiddish novelist, short story writer, and essayist. Glasman was born in Kapitkevich, Belorussia, and raised in nearby Mozyr. When he was 13 his family moved to Kiev, where he attended a Russian secondary school. In 1911, he emigrated … Encyclopedia of Judaism
MANI LEIB — (pseudonym of Mani Leib Brahinsky; 1883–1953), Yiddish poet. Born in Nizhyn (Chernigov district, Ukraine), Mani Leib arrived in the U.S. in 1905 after having participated in the Russian revolutionary movement. He immediately began publishing… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
NADIR, MOYSHE — (pseudonym of Isaac Reis; 1885–1943), Yiddish poet and humorist. Born in eastern Galicia, Nadir emigrated to New York at the age of 13 and at 16 began to write lyrics in which he emphasized the hardships of the immigrant generation. His later… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
ROLNICK, JOSEPH — (1879–1955), Yiddish poet. Born near Mir (Belorussia) into a miller s family, Rolnick was indelibly marked by the landscape of his youth. He emigrated to New York in 1899, debuted as a Yiddish poet in Forverts in 1900, and returned to Europe in… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
ROSENBLATT, H. — ROSENBLATT, H. (pseudonym of Ḥayyim Royzenblit; 1878–1956), U.S. Yiddish poet. Born in Rishoshe, Poland, he emigrated to the U.S. in 1892. From the age of 13, he worked in a sweatshop. Having tried 15 different professions, Rosen blatt turned to… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
ROSENFELD, MORRIS — (1862–1923), Yiddish poet. Born in Suvalk, Poland, Rosenfeld survived a cholera epidemic that claimed the lives of 12 of his siblings. He learned the tailor s trade from his father, which he practiced until he could earn his living by his pen.… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
TABACHNIK, ABRAHAM BER — (1901–1970), Yiddish poet and literary critic. Born in a village near Mohilev Podolsk (Ukraine), he immigrated to New York in 1921, taught in Yiddish schools, and worked for the Jewish Telegraphic Agency. He wrote his first poems in Russian,… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
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