LIPMAN BRAZ

LIPMAN BRAZ (March 14, 1898-1970)

            He was born in Vilna.  He graduated from the Kagan high school in Vilna.  From 1919 he was in Kovno, where he wrote for many years for Russkoye slovo (Russian word).  He survived Dachau and from 1947 was living in Rio de Janeiro.  He was a contributor to Idishe prese (Jewish press) in Rio until his death.  He died in Rio de Janeiro.

Berl Kagan, comp., Leksikon fun yidish-shraybers (Biographical dictionary of Yiddish writers) (New York, 1986), col. 115.