ARN
MYEDNIK (MIEDNIK) (b. May 2, 1900)
The pseudonym of Arn Myedovnik, he
was born in Warsaw, Poland. He studied
in religious elementary school and a non-Jewish school. At age thirteen he began working. He was active among the Labor Zionists and
the Cultural Association in Otvosk (Otwock), near Warsaw. In 1918 he went to join his father in
France. He began writing in his
youth. He published poetry, fables, and
articles in: Unzer shtime (Our voice)
and Frayland (Free land) in Paris; and
Heymish (Familiar) and Di goldene keyt (The golden chain) in
Tel Aviv. He was the founder of the
Parisian publishing house of “Di goldene pave” (The golden peacock) which
published his Poemes (Poetry) (Paris,
1952), 229 pp. and Mesholim (Fables),
in album format with a foreword and a Yiddish glossary for the Hebrew-origin
words (Paris, 1952), 192 pp. He also
published articles in Foroys (Onward)
in Mexico City. He was last living in
Paris.
Sources:
Y. Milner, in Unzer eynikeyt (Paris)
(August-September 1959); Sh. Tenenboym, in Di
shtime (Mexico City) (October 2, 1959).
Benyomen Elis
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