AVROM FISHMAN (ABRAHAM FISCHMAN)

AVROM FISHMAN (ABRAHAM FISCHMAN) (1885-June 25, 1950)

            He came from Russia.  In 1910 he arrived in the United States.  He was a laborer.  He was active in Workmen’s Circle.  He published poems in: Di feder (The pen), Nay yidish (New Yiddish), Tsuzamen (Together) of which he was also co-editor, Nyu-yorker vokhnblat (New York weekly newspaper), and Forverts (Forward), among others.  In book form: Ekhos fun troymen (Echoes and dreams), poetry (New York, 1936), 80 pp.  He died in New York.

Sources: Forverts (New York) (June 27, 1950); Tsukunft (New York) (July-August 1950).

Khayim Leyb Fuks