AZARYE
DOBRUSHKES (b. September 5, 1912)
He was born in Vilna. He studied in public school and graduated
from the Vilna senior high school. In
1934 he received his diploma as a construction engineer in France. Over the years 1935-1940, he was living in
Vilna and Luninets. During WWII he was
in Soviet Russia. From 1947 he was in
Belgium. He was an active assistant and
collector for YIVO from its inception.
He wrote from time to time in Pinkes
(Records) in Tel Aviv (1971), Unzer vort
(Our word) and Arbeter-vort (Workers’
word) in Paris, Yugntruf (Appeal to
youth) in New York, Dorem-Afrike (South
Africa) in Johannesburg, Obheyb
(Beginning) in Miami Beach, and Afn shvel
(At the threshold) in New York.
Berl
Kagan, comp., Leksikon fun
yidish-shraybers (Biographical dictionary of Yiddish writers) (New York,
1986), cols. 184-85.
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