KHANE SHTEYNBERG (HANNAH STEINBERG) (June 10,
1896-February 4, 1942)
She was
a poetess, born in Kamenets-Podolsk (Kamianets-Podilskyi). She graduated from a Russian high
school. In 1914 she emigrated to
Montreal. She began publishing poetry in
Royerd (Raw earth). She contributed as well to: Keneder odler (Canadian eagle) from 1927,
Nuansn (Nuances), and Montreol (Montreal)—in Montreal; and Nyu-yorker vokhnblat (New York weekly
newspaper) and Di feder (The pen) in
New York; among others. In book form: Bleter in vint, lider (Leaves in the
wind, poetry) (Montreal, 1944), 74 pp. She
died in Montreal.
Sources: Kh. M. Kayzerman, Idishe dikhter in kanade (Yiddish poets in Canada) (Montreal,
1934), pp. 113-15; Moyshe-Mortkhe Shafir, in Toronter vokhnblat (Toronto weekly newspaper) (Toronto) (February
9, 1945); B. Grin, in Morgn frayhayt
(new York) (February 16, 1945).
Khayim Leyb Fuks
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