ARYE SHARFI (1907-1966)
The
author of stories, he was born with the surname Gozheltshani in Tshizeve (Czyżew),
Poland. In 1936 he moved to the land of
Israel. He contributed to Israeli periodicals:
Shtamen (Tribes), Di brik (The bridge), Nayvelt (New world), Bleter far literatur un kritik (Pages
for literature and criticism); and to New York’s Tsukunft (Future) and Unzer
veg (Our way); among others. His
work also appears in Mordekhai Ḥalamish,
ed., Mikan umikarov, antologya shel sipure yidish beerets yisrael (From near and from far away, anthology of
stories in Yiddish in Israel) (Merḥavya, 1966). Prior to his death,
he was preparing for publication a collection of stories. He died Petaḥ Tikva.
Sources: Mordekhai Ḥalamish, ed., Mikan umikarov, antologya shel sipure yidish
beerets yisrael (From near
and from far away, anthology of stories in Yiddish in Israel) (Merḥavya, 1966); Avrom Kleyn, in Yisroel shtime
(Tel Aviv) (January 11, 1967).
Yekhezkl Lifshits
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