EZRIEL
YANOVER (December 26, 1875-January 31, 1938)
He was born in Tshemirovits (Chemerivtsi),
Ukraine. He studied in religious primary
school and in a small Hassidic conventicle. In 1895 he left for Bessarabia and worked initially
as a teacher in a village and later in Chotin (Hotin), where he was active in
the Jewish Culture League and for a time was a member of the Jewish community
council. He published poems and articles
in: Dos naye lebn (The new life), Dos vort (The word), and Unzer tsayt (Our time) in Czernowitz;
and Oyfgang (Arise) (1933-1936) and Marmoresher bleter (Marmației leaves) in Sighet-Marmației; and
elsewhere. His play, Di geshterte libe (The hindered love),
was staged in Chotin under his own direction.
He died in Chotin. He left in
manuscript a volume of poetry and several one-act plays.
Sources:
Zalmen Reyzen, Leksikon, vol. 1; Z.
Kirshner, in Unzer tsayt (Czernowitz)
(February 2, 1938).
Khayim Leyb Fuks
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