LEON
SHVARTS
He was the author of Khanele af yener velt (Little Hannah in
the other world) (Pyotrkov: Libeskind, 1903/1904), 18 pp. His poems were adapted to well-known melodies
in: Der raykher ugast (The wealthy
August) (Pyotrkov, 1905); Di frume
merderin, oder mariye in tyurme (The pious murderess, or Maria in prison),
“an extremely interesting story,” part 2 (Pyotrkov: Sh. Belkhatovski, 1905), 15
pp. The latter was added to the end of
the novel Der toyt fun augostin (The
death of Augustin) (unseen).
Berl
Kagan, comp., Leksikon fun
yidish-shraybers (Biographical dictionary of Yiddish writers) (New York,
1986), col. 518.
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