SHOLI SHAMIS (SHAMES)
He was
born (first name: Sholem) in Kretshme (?), near Zvihil (Novohrad-Volynskyy),
Volhynia. He was raised in Kaminebrod (Kam’yanyi Brid). For a short time, he worked as a teacher in
the community. He worked for many years
in factories in Odessa and other cities.
From 1909 he was publishing impressions in: Naye velt (New world) in Warsaw; Gut-morgen (Good morning), Unzer
leben (Our life), and Odeser arbeter
(Odessa laborer) in Odessa; and in the Soviet Yiddish press. He published the booklet: Frihlingsfunken (Sparks of spring),
poetry (Odessa: Yugend, 1912), 16 pp.
Source: Zalmen Reyzen, Leksikon, vol. 4.
Berl Cohen
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