BEN-TSIEN FEYGIN (BEN ZION FAIGON) (February 28,
1881-1934)
He was
born in Lekhevits (Lakhve, Lyakhivtsi), Volhynia. In his youth he was a teacher in a variety of
Volhynian towns. In 1910 he made his way
to Argentina, where for years he worked as a Hebrew teacher in YIKO (Jewish
Cultural Organization) schools in Entre Rios,
Rosario, and later Buenos Aires. He
debuted in print in Argentiner vokhnblat
(Argentinian weekly newspaper) in 1913, publishing stories, sketches, and
impressions drawn from Jewish life. He
contributed work to: Rozariyer vokhblat
(Rosario weekly newspaper), Tog
(Day), Idishe hofenung (Jewish hope),
Di idishe velt (The Jewish world), Penemer un penemlekh (Appearances, big
and small), Argentiner idisher kolonist
(Argentinian Jewish colonist), Idishe
tsaytung (Jewish newspaper), Atidenu (Our future),
and Kol hamore (Voice of the teacher), among others. His work was also represented by a Hassidic
tale in: Antologye fun der yidisher literatur in argentine (Anthology of Jewish literature in Argentina)
(Buenos Aires, 1944). He was the founder
of Histadrut hamorim (Federation of teachers) in Entre Rios. He died in Buenos Aires. After his death, his friends brought out a
volume of his collected writings: Fun
khsidishe shteyger (From a Hassidic position) (Buenos Aires, 1936), 204 pp.
Sources: Zalmen Reyzen, Leksikon, vol. 3; V. Bresler, ed., Antologye fun der yidisher
literatur in argentine (Anthology
of Jewish literature in Argentina) (Buenos Aires, 1944), p. 921.
Benyomen Elis
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