YITSKHOK
ZHELONEK (ICEK ZIELONEK) (b. 1902)
He was born in Warsaw, Poland, into
a laboring family. He studied in
religious primary school and in public school.
For a time he was a laborer, later a reciter of poetry and a modern
wedding entertainer. He published
humorous poetry in Haynt (Today) and Ekspres (Express) in Warsaw. He authored pamphlets that he brought out in his
own “pocket library,” among them: Lider
far mir un oykh far ir un monologn on a shier (Songs for me and also for
you and monologues without limit) (Warsaw, 1934), 60 pp.; Lider tsum vayln un lakhn, oykh monologn tsum freylekh makhn (Songs
with which to enjoy oneself and laugh, also monologues to make one happy)
(Warsaw, 1934), 63 pp.; Der moderner
badkhn (The modern wedding entertainer), “following the latest methods of
celebrating bride and groom with comic songs and monologues” (Warsaw, 1934), 64
pp.; Di nayeste teater-lider un freylekhe
monologn (The latest theater songs and joyous monologues), “to enjoy oneself
for a couple of hours” (Warsaw, 1934), 64 pp.
Since WWII there had been no further information about him.
Source:
Sefer hashana lebibliyografya yehudit bepolanya
(Annual of Yiddish bibliography in Poland) (Warsaw, 1936), p. 40.
Khayim Leyb Fuks
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