ARN
YONATANZOHN (ca. 1915-July 27, 1868)
He was born in Vilna. He lived in Odessa, Shkud (Skuodas), Yaneve
(Jonava), Lithuania, and Kovno. He was a
Hebrew teacher and author of Kle shir
(Instruments of song) (Vilna, 1863/1864).
According to a speech by his son (in Hamelits
[The advocate] 34 [1868]), in his bequest there was a composition in Yiddish
entitled Di klube oder der erev-rav (The
club or the riffraff) which “there is no work in Yiddish like it.” He died in Kovno.
Sources:
Getzel Kressel, Leksikon hasifrut haivrit
(Handbook of Hebrew literature) (Merḥavya,
1967), vol. 2; L. Gordon (1927/1928), p. 17.
Berl
Kagan, comp., Leksikon fun
yidish-shraybers (Biographical dictionary of Yiddish writers) (New York,
1986), col. 543.
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