MEYER KORONA (MEIR CORONA)

MEYER KORONA (MEIR CORONA) (1891-December 12, 1965)

            He was born in Shedlets (Siedlce), Poland.  He was an ordained rabbi.  He came to the land of Israel in 1918 and there became a highway worker.  In 1923 he made his way to Mexico City.  He was active as a teacher and a cultural leader.  He contributed articles on Jewish-related topics, mostly in Mexican Jewish publications.  In book form: Heymishe mentshn, dertseylungen (Familiar people, stories) (Mexico City: Kulturklub, 1939), 303 pp.; Tsaytn, dertseylungen (Times, stories) (Mexico City: Makor, 1943), 278 pp.; In shtrom fun lebn, dertseylungen (In the stream of life, stories) (Mexico City: Makor, 1951), 276 pp.; Farloyrene vegn, novela (Lost roads, a novella) (Mexico City, 1953), 307 pp.; Der rambam, balaykhtungen vegn zayn denḳen, zayn lere un zayn virkn (zamlung) (The Rambam [Maimonides], illuminations of his thinking, his teaching, and his impact, a collection) (Mexico City, Makor, 1955), 96 pp.; Eygene horizontn, zamlung fun humoreskes un eseyen (One’s own horizons, collection of humorous sketches and essays) (Mexico City: Makor, 1965), 305 pp.  “His artistic strength,” wrote Salomon Kahan, “lies in the short story on Mexican Jewish topics.  They frequently rise to the quality of a masterpiece.”  He died in Mexico City.

Sources: Salomon Kahan, Yidish-meksikanish (Jewish-Mexican) (Mexico City, 1945), pp. 247-49; Kahan, Literarishe un zhurnalistishe fartseykhenungen (Literary and journalistic notes) (Mexico City, 1961), pp. 321-24; Yorbukh fun meksikaner yidntum (Yearbook of Mexican Jewry) (Mexico City, 1950-1952), p. 171; Pinkes far der forshung fun der yidisher literatur un prese (New York) (1965), p. 284; Yeshurin archive, YIVO (New York.

Moyshe Rubinshteyn