SORE BOYM (SARAH BAUM) (1900-1942)
Born in Bendin (Będzin),
Poland, into a semi-assimilated, bourgeois family. According to Kh. L.
Fuks, she was born in Sosnovits, Poland. She graduated from a Polish high school and
wrote poetry in Polish. In 1917 she
switched to Yiddish. Early in 1919 she
came to Lodz and worked as an educator in wealthy Jewish homes. She began to publish in Gezangen (Songs),
edited by Hershele, vol. 2 (Lodz, 1920).
She published as well in S’feld (The field), edited by Y. Rabon
and Kh. L. Fuks, issue 1-6 (Lodz, 1919-1923); Lodzher folksblat (Lodz
daily news) under L. Kahan; Zaglembyer tsaytung (Zagłębie newspaper); and
others. In 1922 she married and moved to
Paris, where she was active for a short time in literary affairs. Concerning her subsequent career, we have no
new information.
Source: E. Korman, ed., Yidishe dikhterins, antologye
(Jewish women poets, anthology) (Chicago, 1928).
[Addition
information from: Berl Kagan, comp., Leksikon
fun yidish-shraybers (Biographical dictionary of Yiddish writers) (New
York, 1986), col. 70.]
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