Monday, 5 February 2018

MIRIAM NELSON

MIRIAM NELSON (b. 1891)
            She was born in a village near Zhlobin, Mohilev district, Byelorussia.  As a child she moved to New York and attended English-language school.  She contributed poetry to: Forverts (Forward), Tog (Day), and Der amerikaner (The American)—in New York.  In book form: Zun un shotn, lider un poemes (Sun and shadow, poetry) (New York, 1951), 211 pp.  She was active in the Pioneer Women and other Jewish women’s organizations in New York.
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