YOYSEF KITS (JOSEPH KAITZ) (August 27, 1890-November 30,
1960)
He was
born with the surname Kutsenogi in Haysin (Haysyn), Podolia. He received a traditional as well as a
secular education. From 1913 he was
living in the United States. For a
lengthy period of time, he traveled around buying up Yiddish books. He also worked as a teacher. In 1920 he settled in Los Angeles. He debuted in print in 1911 with a story in the
Odessa daily newspaper Gut morgen
(Good morning).[1] He published stories and feature pieces in
such American periodicals as: Di
glaykhheyt (Equality), Der tog
(The day), Folks tsaytung (People’s
newspaper), Di tsayt (The times), and
primarily in Fraye arbeter shtime
(Free voice of labor). In 1921 he
co-edited Pasifishe folks tsaytung
(Pacific people’s newspaper) and in 1925 the monthly Zunland (Sun land). In book
form: Kvalyes (Waves), stories (New
York: Zangen, 1917), 126 pp.; Sholem
aleykhems taytsh-vertlekh (The meaning of Sholem Aleichem’s sayings) (Los
Angeles: Keshene-biblyotek, 1924/1925), 30 pp.; Kvitlakh (Notes) (Los Angeles: Keshene-biblyotek, 1924/1925), 28
pp.; Kleyn-mendele, ṭipn, bilder,
dertseylungen un glaykhvertlakh fun mendele moykher sforims verk (Little
Mendele, types, images, stories, and aphorisms in the work of Mendele
Moykher-Sforim) (New York, 1931), 208 pp.; Fun
mayn gortn, kurtse dertseylungen (From my garden, short stories) (New York,
1935), 128 pp.; Kleyn-sholem-aleykhem,
ṭipn, bilder, vertlekh un ṭaytsh-vertlekh fun sholem-aleykhems verk
(Little Sholem Aleichem, types, sayings, and sayings explained from the work of
Sholem Aleichem), 2 vols. (New York, 1939-1942); Kleyn-perets, antalogye fun y. l. peretss verk (Little Perets,
anthology from the work of Y. L. Perets) (New York, 1945), 126 pp. He died in Los Angeles.
Sources: Sh. Rozenfeld, in Tog (New York) (May 16, 1931); A. Mudoni, in Morgn-zhurnal (New York) (September 11, 1935); Yankev Glatshteyn,
in Tog-morgn-zhurnal (New York)
(December 23, 1960).
Berl Cohen
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