FENYE KOYFMAN

FENYE KOYFMAN (b. September 20, 1899)

            She was born in Ostropol’, Ukraine.  She emigrated to the United States in 1914.  She brought out a mimeographed book entitled Yontef teg, lider un poemes (Holiday days, poetry) (New York, 1962), 87 pp.  She also contributed poetry to Zamlungen (Collections) (New York).  She settled in Miami Beach in 1963.

Berl Cohen

[Additional information from: Berl Kagan, comp., Leksikon fun yidish-shraybers (Biographical dictionary of Yiddish writers) (New York, 1986), col. 481.]