MORTKHE
MILER (1895-January 23, 1945)
He was born in Vakhnovke (Vakhnovka),
Kiev district, Ukraine. He grew up in
Yanov (Yaniv), Podolia. Until age ten he
studied in religious elementary school and then went to work. At age fourteen he moved to Winnipeg,
Canada. He published poems, prose, and one-act
plays in Canadian Jewish publications, such as: Keneder odler (Canadian eagle) in Montreal, Der idisher zhurnal (The Jewish journal) in Toronto, Dos idishe vort (The Jewish word) in
Winnipeg, and Y. Y. Sigal’s Nyuansn
(Nuances) in Montreal, among others. Together
with Yekhezkl Bronshteyn, he published a book of poems, Tsvey veltn (Two worlds), the second part of which, entitled “Zun
un benkshaft” (Son and nostalgia), was Miler’s work (Winnipeg: Vinipeg, 1919),
pp. 94-112. On his own he published: Siluetn, lider (Silhouettes, poems) (Winnipeg:
Vinipeg, 1927), 96 pp.; Hamer
(Hammer) (Winnipeg: Vinipeg, 1928); and Fun
shturem, geklibene lider (From the storm, selected poems), mimeographed
(Edmonton: Y. L. Perets shul, 1936), 68 pp.
He died in Winnipeg.
Sources:
Zalmen Reyzen, Leksikon, vol. 2; Y.
A. Rontsh, in Der kamf (Toronto) (May
13, 1927); Keneder odler (Montreal)
(February 11, 1946); Tsukunft (New
York) (March 1946): Dos idishe vort
(Winnipeg) (January 14, 1947).
Yankev Kahan
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