ABE SHABAN (June 15, 1908-October 11, 1978)
He was
born in Krakinove (Krekenava), Lithuania.
He attended religious elementary school, yeshiva, and secular high
school. In 1927 he moved to South
Africa. He wrote articles and reportage
pieces. In 1934 he edited and published
the weekly Afrikaner idishe tsaytung
(African Jewish newspaper) and Der
ekspres (The express), and from July to December 1938 the daily newspaper Di idishe shtime (The Jewish voice). In book form: Heymloze teg (Homeless days) (Johannesburg, 1934), 144 pp. From the 1940s, he withdrew from the literary
world. His work also appeared in Shmuel
Rozhanski’s Dorem-afrike (South
Africa). He died in Johannesburg.
Dovid Volpe
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