MORTKHE (MORDECAI) ORLIN (b. December 23, 1891)
Shortened name of Mortkhe Orlinski, he was born in Vilna to
poor parents. Until age twelve he
studied in religious elementary school and in a public school. He was living in the United States from 1911
as a laborer. His first poems were
published in Roman-tsaytung (Fiction news) (Warsaw, 1907); Lebn un
visnshaft (Life and science) (Vilna, 1910); Gut-morgn (Good morning)
(Odessa); as well as in Dos naye land (The new land), Vokhnshrift
(Weekly writings), Kundes (Prankster), Tsukunft (Future), and Tog
(Day), all in New York. His book, Lite
(Lithuania), was published in 1921 in New York (62 pp.), scenes drawn from
Jewish towns in light, lyrical stanzas.
Source:
Zalmen Reyzen, Leksikon, vol. 1.
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