Monday, 8 April 2019

MAKS KLETER


MAKS KLETER (May 1, 1901-April 7, 1952)
            A professional actor, he was born in Rutinye, Galicia.  He lived in Galicia, and from 1927 he was living in the United States and Argentina.  He published a comedic drama, Mayn shtetl (My town), and the operetta Der yidisher kapitan (The Jewish captain).  He wrote numerous songs for Yiddish plays.  He died in New York.



Source: Zalmen Zilbertsvayg, Leksikon fun yidishn teater (Handbook of the Yiddish theater), vol. 6 (Mexico City, 1969).
Berl Cohen


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