Monday, 5 September 2016

L. ZELVIN

L. ZELVIN
            He was a folk poet.  His poetry may be found in the anthologies: Di royte fon (The red flag) in London (August 1903); Frayhayt (Freedom) in Geneva (December 1905); Di fraye harfe (The free harp) (Vilna, 1907).  On one occasion he wrote under the name L. Levin.  Other biographical details remain unknown.

Source: A. Forsher (Y. Mlotek), in Forverts (New York) (November 17, 1974).

Berl Kagan, comp., Leksikon fun yidish-shraybers (Biographical dictionary of Yiddish writers) (New York, 1986), col. 266.


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