SHLOYME
GERSON (b. 1920)
He was born in Rozvadov (Roswadów),
Poland. He attended religious primary
school, graduating from a public middle school.
He studied painting in Lemberg.
From 1957 he was living on Kibbutz Dafna and later in Jerusalem. He began writing poetry in Polish and from
1956 he switched to Yiddish. At the same
time he was painting and had several exhibitions of his work. He published poetry, satires, and fables in: Yidishe shriftn (Yiddish writings) and Folks-shtime (Voice of the people) in
Warsaw; Goldene keyt (Golden chain), Letste nayes (Latest news), Fraye yisroel (Free Israel), Lebns-fragn (Life issues), and Problemen (Issues)—in Tel Aviv. He also published two poetry collections in
Polish.
Berl
Kagan, comp., Leksikon fun
yidish-shraybers (Biographical dictionary of Yiddish writers) (New York,
1986), col. 166.
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