ARNOLD KISH (November 2, 1869-November 14, 1940)
He was
born Khayim-Tsvi Kleyn in Ungvár (Uzhhorod), Hungary. He was among the most popular Hungarian
Jewish writers of his day. His achievement
for Yiddish was to translate into Hungarian Morris Rozenfeld’s poetry,
published in a large volume together with the original in transcription. He also translated several works by Frug,
Perets, and Mendele Moykher-Sforim. He
died in Budapest.
Sources: Zalmen Reyzen, Leksikon, vol. 3; American
Jewish Yearbook (1941).
Berl Cohen
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