MORTKHE SHTEYNBERG (b. January 1, 1914)
He was
born in Berestetshke (Berestechko), Volhynia.
He attended religious elementary school and later a Tarbut school. In 1946 he returned to Poland from the Soviet
Union and in 1957 left for Israel. In
1929 he debuted in print with a story in the weekly newspaper Voliner shtime (Voice of Volhynia) in
Rovno. He contributed to: Voliner lebn (Volhynia life), Voliner prese (Volhynia press) in Loytsk
(Lutsk), Dubner lebn (Dubno life), Kovler shtime (Voice of Kovel), and Undzer veg (Our way) in Lemberg; Der fraynd (The friend) in Warsaw
(1935); Kiev’s Shtern (Star) (9140); Dos naye lebn (The new life) (1948). In Israel: Eygns (One’s own), Yidishe tsaytung
(Jewish newspaper), Undzer shrift
(Our writing), Yisroel shtime (Voice
of Israel), and the almanac Hefa
(Haifa); among others. In 1936 he edited
the journal Unzer ekho (Our
echo). He authored stories, poetry,
reportage pieces, and literary articles.
His books include: Bloye
horizontn, dertseylung, minyatur, reportazh (Blue horizons, story,
miniature, reportage) (Tel Aviv: Leivick Publ., 1983), 174 pp.; Shpiglen, eseyen (Mirrors, essays) (Tel
Aviv: Leivick Publ., 1984), 191 pp. His
pen names: A Voliner, Markus, Berl Zinger, and Benesh.
Ruvn Goldberg
[Additional information from: Berl Kagan, comp., Leksikon fun yidish-shraybers
(Biographical dictionary of Yiddish writers) (New York, 1986), col. 524.]
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