AVROM-MORDKHAI ORZHITSER (ABRAHAM MORDECAI ORZHITZER)

AVROM-MORDKHAI ORZHITSER (ABRAHAM MORDECAI ORZHITZER) (b. March 1, 1913)

     Born in Brok, near Ostrów, Mazowiecka (Ostrov, Mazovyetsk), Poland.  He studied in religious schools and in a public school.  In 1931 he emigrated to Paris, and later to London.  He was a tailor by trade.  In 1953 he arrived in the United States.  His first work was published in Naye prese (New press) in Paris (1937); he also published reportage pieces and stories in Di tsayt (The times), Fraye tribune (Free tribune) in London, and Undzer vort (Our word) in Paris, among others.  Among his books: Eyropeishe shtrikhn (European features), a travel narrative (London, 1941), 204 pp.; Proletarishe yugnt (Proletarian youth), stories (London, 1943), 106 pp.; Di shtot mit shmole himlen (The city with narrow skies) (Tel Aviv, 1962), 161 pp.; Fun vankuver biz eylat (From Vancouver to Eilat) (Tel Aviv, 1969), 517 pp.; In amerike iz andersh (It’s different in America) (Brooklyn, 1978), 215 pp.; A bafrayte froy (A liberated woman) (New York, 1979), 215 pp.  The last two of these appeared in mimeographed form.

Sources: N. Y. Gotlib, in Keneder odler (February 13, 1942 and August 11, 1944).