AHUDA RONAT (1913-September 3, 1974)
A Hebrew
and Yiddish poetess, she was born with the surname Melnitski in Brisk (Brest),
Lithuania. From 1935 she was a teacher
in Israel. She began writing both Hebrew
and Yiddish poetry in the 1950s. She
published two volumes of Hebrew verse.
She also wrote for: Yidishe
tsaytung (Jewish newspaper), Eygns
(One’s own), and Problemen (Issues)
in Tel Aviv; Zayn (To be) in New York;
Kheshbn (Accounting) in Los Angeles;
and Dorem-afrike (South Africa) in
Johannesburg; among other serials. In
book form: Nisht derlangte shtern, lider
(No stars present, poetry) (Tel Aviv: Revivim, 1972), 60 pp. She died in Tel Aviv.
Sources: Rivka Bat-Tsor, in Davar (Tel Aviv) (June 17, 1968); Ben Matisyahu, in Yidishe tsaytung (Tel Aviv) (October 11,
1974).
Ruvn Goldberg
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