YOYSEF
ARONOF (JOSEPH ARONOFF) (March 15, 1882-May 18, 1974)
He was born in Kherson, Russia. As a Russian soldier, he escaped from the
front against Japan in 1904 and came to Canada.
He wrote poems and stories for Keneder
odler (Canadian eagle) in Montreal and Idisher
zhurnal (Jewish journal) in Toronto.
Among his books: Gezangen un
dertseylungen (Songs and stories) (Montreal, 1946), 73 pp.; A gebet tsu der yu-en (A plea to the
United Nations) (Montreal, 1955), 126 pp.; Der
mentsh un di levone (The man and the moon) (Montreal, 1959), 26 pp. He died in Montreal.
Source:
Kh. L. Fuks, Hundert yor yidishe un hebreishe literatur
in kanade (A century of Yiddish and Hebrew literature in Canada) (Montreal,
1980).
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