LAZAR BORODULIN (April 24, 1879-March 21, 1947)
Born in Genitshensk, Crimea.
He was a non-matriculating student in Yelisavetgrad
(Elizabethgrad), where he also worked in a mechanic shop. From 1902 until 1907, he worked as a teacher
of Russian in Lodz, thereafter making his way to the United States. In 1915 he began to write popular scientific
articles for Varhayt (Truth).
From 1917, he was a regular contributor to Tog (Day), primarily
as a popularizer of natural science. He
contributed to Tsukunft (Future), Fraynd (Friend [put out by the
Workmen’s Circle]), and Gerekhtikeyt (Justice), among other
periodicals. He published in volume five
of Ignatov’s Shriftn (Writings) a piece concerning literature on natural
science written in Yiddish in the United States. Among his books: Oyf yener zayt sambatyen,
visnshaftlekher un fantastisher roman (On the other side of the Sambation
[River], a scientific and fantastic novel) (New York, 1929), 190 pp.; Milkhomes
un antisemitizm (Wars and anti-Semitism) (New York, 1937), 87 pp.
Sources: Zalmen Reyzen, Leksikon,
vol. 1; Shmuel Niger, in Tsukunft (August 1933); Keneder odler
(March 31, 1947).
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