YISROEL TRUT

YISROEL TRUT (b. 1908)

            He was born in Russia.  In 1928 he moved to Canada and settled in Winnipeg.  He was a member of the Canadian young Yiddish poets’ group.  He began writing poetry in Russia and in 1930 switched to Yiddish.  He contributed to: Dos idishe vort (The Jewish word) in Winnipeg; Der hamer (The hammer) in New York; Vokhnblat (Weekly newspaper) in Toronto; and Der kamf (The struggle) in Montreal; among others.

Source: H. M. Kayzerner-Vital (Caiserman-Wital), Idishe dikhter in kanade (Yiddish poets in Canada) (Montreal, 1934), pp. 208-9.

Khayim Leyb Fuks