YITSKHOK M. GLAZER

YITSKHOK M. GLAZER (1898-January 27, 1985)

            He was born in Mikulintse, Galicia.  He studied for a time in Warsaw and in Odessa.  In 1918 he began to publish in Undzer lebn (Our life) in Odessa, and in 1921 he emigrated to Argentina.  In that same year he became a regular contributor to Di yidishe tsaytung (The Jewish newspaper) in Buenos Aires for fifty-two years until its demised in 1977; from 1951 he was the editor.  Aside from writing articles and commentary, he also translated for the newspaper novella by Hans Dominik, among others.  He was living in Buenos Aires.

[Additional information from: Berl Kagan, comp., Leksikon fun yidish-shraybers (Biographical dictionary of Yiddish writers) (New York, 1986), col. 159.]