RIVKE
GVIRTSMAN (b. May 18, 1907)
She was born in Lodz. She received a traditional Jewish and a
secular education. She was active in Haḥaluts (The pioneer)
movement. In 1929 she made aliya to
Palestine. She published poems and
articles in the Israeli Letste nayes (Latest
news), Yidishe tsaytung (Jewish
newspaper), Problemen (Issues), and Lebns-fragn (Life issues) in Yiddish,
and in Hebrew serials as well. In book form:
Afn bergl in negev, roman (On a hill
in the Negev, a novel) (Tel Aviv: Nay-lebn, 1966), 392 pp. (it had been
published serially in Yidishe tsaytung
in 1962); Der mentsh un zayn goyrl, roman
(Man and his fate, a novel) (Tel Aviv, 1974), 274 pp.
Berl
Kagan, comp., Leksikon fun
yidish-shraybers (Biographical dictionary of Yiddish writers) (New York,
1986), col. 150.
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