BENYOMEN
ELIS (1907-December 17, 1984)
He was born in Radom, Poland, into a
poor family. He lived in Lodz, Warsaw,
and Vilna. He was exiled by the Soviets to
Siberia during WWII. After spending
several years in refugee camps in Germany, he immigrated to the United
States. His books include: Heymloze (Homeless) (Warsaw: Zielonek,
1931), 64 pp.; Bay der grenets, drame in
fir akten (At the border, a drama in four acts) (Warsaw, 1936), 64 pp.; Shrek (Fear) (Minsk: State Publ., 1941),
39 pp.; In aza velt, dertseylungen
(In such a world, stories) (Stuttgart, 1948), 92 pp.; Bay farshidene tishn, dertseylungen (By different tables, stories)
(New York, 1955), 92 pp.; Afn veg tsum
bunker (En route to the bunker) (New York, 1962), 142 pp.
Source:
Sholem Herts, in Unzer tsayt (New
York) (January 1985).
Berl
Kagan, comp., Leksikon fun
yidish-shraybers (Biographical dictionary of Yiddish writers) (New York,
1986), cols. 415-16.
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