AVROM L. OVENTAL

AVROM L. OVENTAL (1903-March 14, 1939)

Born in Trisk (Turiysk), Poland.  He was the brother of the poet Z. Vaynper.  He came to the United States in 1926 and graduated from a course in the Jewish Teachers Seminar.  He published stories in Tsukunft (Future), Studyo (Studio), Tog (Day), and Kinder-zhurnal (Children’s magazine).  He died in New York.

Sources: Obituary in Hemshekh, zamlbukh (Continued, a collection) (New York, 1939); Yidishe kultur (New York) (February 1939); Shikago (May 1939).