V.
LASSMAN (1886-February 1, 1918)
He was born in a small town in
Russia. He studied in religious
elementary school and secular subjects privately. In 1901 he came to Warsaw to continue his
education and began to write Russian poetry there. In 1906 he moved to New York, suffered
terribly from material need; until he became ill, he traveled in 1908 to
Denver, Colorado, later lived in Chicago with his parents, and finally resided
in Los Angeles. He debuted in print with
a poem entitled “Dikhter-kholem” (Poet-dream) in Der frayer gezelshaft (The free association) (New York, 1910). He also wrote other poems, which after his
death appeared in a collection, Troymen
un fantazyes (Dreams and fantasies), brought out by his wife, P. Lassman,
with his picture and a short biography (Los Angeles, 1918), 56 pp.
Sources:
Zalmen Reyzen, Leksikon, vol. 2;
biography in Troymen un fantazyes
(Dreams and fantasies) (Los Angeles, 1918).
Yankev Kohen
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