MEYER GUSIN (March 4, 1892-February 12, 1958)
He was born in the town of Vietke,
Mohilev district, Byelorussia, into a family of well-to-do scholarly followers
of the Jewish Enlightenment who were timber merchants. He received a traditional Jewish education in
religious elementary school. At age
fifteen, he moved with his parents to Homel (Gomel), and there he studied
higher-level Jewish subject matter as well as in a Russian commercial
school. In 1913 he emigrated to Canada
and settled in Winnipeg. For many years
he contributed to Dos yidishe vort (The Yiddish word) in
Winnipeg and Keneder odler (Canadian eagle) in Montreal, where he published
stories, sketches, humorous pieces, feature articles, and theater reviews. He was the author of a number of theater
pieces which were staged in Canada and the United States. From 1953 he was librarian for the Jewish
public library in Winnipeg. He died in
Winnipeg.
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