BOREKH GOLDHART (1897-May 13, 1950)
He was born in the village of Horodyshche, Kiev region, Ukraine. He was raised in Pyatigorye, same
region. He studied in religious
elementary school with his father, a teacher, later with a Hebrew teacher in
poor villages. In 1912 he emigrated to
New York, where he worked in various trades.
From 1922 he was living in Chicago.
His first publication was a poem which appeared in Idishe velt
(Jewish world) in Philadelphia in 1916.
He later published poems and articles in Tog (Day), Yidishes
tageblat (Jewish daily newspaper), Forverts (Forward), Varhayt
(Truth), Frayhayt (Freedom), Idisher kemfer (Jewish fighter), Kundes
(Prankster), Dos idishe vort (The Jewish word), and Arbayter prese
(Workers’ press) in New York; and in Chicago serials: Der yidisher record
(The Jewish record), Yugend (Youth), Ineynem (Altogether), Shikago
(Chicago), In nebl (In the haze), Rezonans (Resonance), Yung-shikago
(Youth Chicago). Representative of his
work is a cycle of poems in the anthology Midvest-mayrev (Midwest-West)
(Chicago, 1932-1933). He published as
well under the pen name B. Royzkind. He
was among the founders of the group “Yung-shikago” (Young Chicago) and served
on the editorial board of their publications.
After a long illness, he died in Chicago.
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