MEYER-YOYEL
VIGODER (1855-1933)
He
was born in Żarek, near Wieluń, Poland. He studied in religious primary school and
yeshivas. In 1874 he moved to
England. He published poetry in Fonograf (Phonograph) and Di tsayt (The time) in London. He was the author of the pamphlets: Mayn lebns geshikhte (My life story) (London,
1930), 16 pp., in which he described in verse the life of a Jewish boy from
Poland and his wanderings; and Shire zimra
(Songs to sing), nature and love songs in Yiddish and Hebrew (London, 1933), 19
pp. He died in Dublin, Ireland.
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