SHLOYME
PRES (1870-1961)
He was born in Kalvarye (Kalvarija), Kovno district, Lithuania. He studied in yeshivas, later becoming a
worker in a publishing house. Over the
years 1891-1894, he lived in London and Manchester, before coming to the United
States. He was an active leader in the
anarchist movement as well as in the Boston’s “independent workmen’s circle” in
Massachusetts. He debuted in print with
an article entitled “Di neviim un der sotsyalizm” (The prophets and socialism)
in Arbeter fraynd (Friend of labor)
in London (1892), using the pen name Amri Shefer. He was a regular contributor to Fraye arbeter-shtime (Free voice of
labor) in New York, in which aside from feature pieces (written under the pen
name A Kleynshtetldiker) he also published articles on social problems and
cultural issues. He placed work as well
in: Fraye gezelshaft (Free society)
and Abend-tsaytung (Evening newspaper)
in New York; and Dos naye vort (The
new word) in Boston (editor, 1914-1920).
In his last years he owned a publishing house. He died in Boston.
Sources:
Zalmen Reyzen, Leksikon, vol. 2; R.
Roker, In shturem (In the storm)
(Buenos Aires, 1952), see index.
Khayim Leyb Fuks
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