Wednesday 15 February 2017

SHLOYME LONSHAYN (SAM LONSCHEIN)

SHLOYME LONSHAYN (SAM LONSCHEIN) (b. December 30, 1884)
            He was born in Poltishen, Romania.  He studied in religious primary school, public school, and later graduated from a trade school and became a furniture painter.  In 1903 he moved to the United States.  He debuted in print with a story in Dos idishe folk (The Jewish people) in New York (1916), and from that point he published poems, stories, articles, and translations as well in: Fraye arbeter-shtime (Free voice of labor) and Nyu-yorker volkhnbkat (New York weekly newspaper) in New York; Di idishe velt (The Jewish world) in Philadelphia; Der idisher kuryer (The Jewish courier) in Chicago; and Der idisher zhurnal (The Jewish journal) in Toronto; among others.  He translated from the Romanian original into Yiddish and English: Petre Bellu’s novel, Di farteydikung hot dos vort (The defense has the word [original: Apărarea arecuvântul]).  In Yiddish it appeared serially in Der idisher kuryer (1942) and in English in book form: The Defense Rests (New York, 1942), 250 pp.  He was last living in New York.  He worked for an insurance agency.

Source: Sh. Tenenboym., in Der idisher kuryer (Chicago) (June 28, 1942).
Khayim Leyb Fuks


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