AVROM
A. VAYNER
He was born in Kiev, Ukraine. He studied in religious primary school and synagogue
study hall, later becoming a merchant. He author storybooks. Among them: Getlikhe libe, eyn hekhst interesanter
ideser roman historitsiske geshikhte fun alte tsaytn (Divine love, an
extremely interesting Jewish novel, fictionalized history from olden times) (Warsaw,
1885), 42 pp., with a preface in prose and verse. The novel conveys the love of Solomon and
Shulamit, following motifs from Song of
Songs, and is written in a versified prose, figuratively and with florid
language on every passage in Song of Songs. The original was published on top of the
Yiddish text. This booklet also had an “Introduction
to the scroll of Song of Songs (Shir hashirim) by the sage Yehuda Leyb
ben Zeev” and an apology from the author in which he writes [in rhyme]: “And to
the reader of zhargon (Yiddish) I now
turn. And, in our own language I explain
clearly. Not only for notice. I have done this out of love for you.” Vayner was also the author of storybooks
which he signed “Avih.” Further biographical
details remain unknown.
Khayim Leyb Fuks
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