AVROM (AVRAHAM) FRANK (b. March 12, 1884)
He was
born in Mariampol (Marijampolė), Lithuania. His father was the author of Mishnat shelomo (The law according to
Shelomo) on Tiferet yisroel (The
glory of Israel [commentary on the Mishna]).
He studied in religious elementary school, synagogue study hall, and as
an external student completed his bachelor’s degree. He spent the years 1904-1907 in Nancy,
studying to be a pharmacist in university.
Over the years 1907-1909, he served as director of a Hebrew school in
Rehovot. From 1909 until his death, he
lived in Warsaw, where he owned and operated a pharmacy, and he was active in
Jewish community life. His literary
activities began with a series of reportage pieces on life in the land of
Israel for Haynt (Today) in Warsaw
(1909), and later he regularly contributed to: Moment (Moment), Der shtrahl
(The beam [of light]), Di vokh (The
week), and Vokhnblat (Weekly
newspaper); as well as in Hebrew to Hatsfira
(The siren), Hashaḥar
(The dawn), Haḥaver
(The friend), Haperaḥim (The flowers), Hanoar (Youth), Hakokhev (The star), Hayom (Today), and Hazemir
(The nightingale), among others—as well as in the Russian Jewish and Polish
Jewish press, and in English for the California
News Review. He authored Yiddish,
Hebrew, and Russian books, among them: Kinor kaṭan, osef shire yeladim beliṿyat ṭaame zimra legane-yeladim
ulevate-sefer (Little violin, collection of children’s songs accompanied by
appropriate melodies for kindergartens and schools) (Warsaw: Tushiyah, 1909),
32 pp.; Siḥot
veagadot livne haneurim (Chats and tales for youth) (Warsaw: Barkai, 1923),
62 pp.; Al hamashuot, roman bishne
helekim (On the ruins, a novel in two parts), historical novel (Warsaw,
1936), 284 pp.; Betser, a troyershpil in
dray aktn (Strength, a sad play in three acts) (Warsaw, 1922), 60 pp. (performed
on the Vilna stage by Dovid Herman). He
was editor of a Polish trade journal for pharmacists. He died during the years of WWII.
Sources: Zalmen Reyzen, Leksikon, vol. 3; Daniel Tsharni (Charney), in Tsukunft (New York) (February 1943); Udim (Firebrands) 1 (Jerusalem, 1960), see index; Dovid Herman
archive, YIVO (New York).
Khayim Leyb Fuks
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