HERSH SHVARTS (b. April 8, 1906)
The
author of stories, he was born in Sekuran (Secureni), Bessarabia. He attended religious elementary schools and
later a high school. From 1926 he was
living in Brazil. He began writing with
a sketch in Brazilyaner idishe prese
(Brazilian Jewish press) in 1926. He
contributed stories to: Di prese (The
press) and Der shpigl (The mirror) in
Buenos Aires; Folkstsaytung (People’s
newspaper) and Unzer baytrog (Our
contribution) in Rio de Janeiro; Der
nayer moment (The new moment) in São
Paolo; Tsukunft (Future) and Idisher kemfer (Jewish fighter) in New
York; and Heymish (Familiar) in Tel
Aviv; among other serials. In book form:
Der onheyb (The beginnings) (Rio de
Janeiro: Monte Scopus, 1954), 217 pp.; Heym
grin-goldene, dertseylungen (Home green-golden, stories) (Rio de Janeiro,
1960), 272 pp. His work also appeared in
Shmuel Rozhanski’s anthology Brazilyanish
(Brazilian) (Buenos Aires, 1973).
Shvarts depicts Jewish life in the old country as well as in Brazil.
Sources: Der Lebediker (Khayim Gutman), in Tog-morgn-zhurnal (New York) (July 17, 1955);
Froym Oyerbakh, in Tog-morgn-zhurnal
(December 18, 1960); Pinkes (New
York, 1965), pp. 275-76; Yitskhok-Zelik Rayzman, Yidishe sheferishkayt in lender fun portugalishn loshn, portugal un brazil
(Jewish creativity in lands of the Portuguese language, Portugal and Brazil) (Tsfat:
Muzeon
leomanut hadefus, 1975), pp. 297-302.
Berl Cohen
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