YIRAKHMIEL SHTAYGMAN (b. January 18, 1900)
He was a poet, born in Stutshin
(Szczuczyn), Poland. He was raised in a village until age seven;
thereafter, he studied in a religious elementary school in Grayeve (Grajewo). He later lived in Lomzhe. During WWII he fell captive to the Germans as
a Polish soldier. He escaped and hid in
a Polish town near the Bug River. He wanted
to get over to the Soviet side—and from that point, there has been no further
information about him. Together with
colleagues, he published in Lomzhe a collection entitled Tayfun (Typhoon), and therein he debuted in print under the pen
name Yishay. He later contributed lyrical
poetry to: Ilustrirte vokh
(Illustrated week), Dos naye lebn
(The new life) in Bialystok, Shprotsungen
(Sprouts), Literarishe bleter
(Literary leaves), and Vokhnshrift far
literatur un kunst (Weekly writing for literature and art), among other
serials. He also wrote literary critical
essays. His works include: Goldene fedim (Golden threads) (Warsaw:
Kh. Bzhoza, 1927), 46 pp.; Far yidishe
kinder, mayselekh vegn shloyme hameylekh (For Jewish children, stories
about King Solomon) (Vilna: B. Kletskin, 1931), 168 pp.
Sources: Zalmen Reyzen, Leksikon, vol. 4; Literarishe
bleter (Warsaw) 14 (1927); Sefer
zikaron lekehilat lomza (Remembrance volume for the Jewish community of Lomzhe)
(Tel Aviv, 1952), pp. 165, 167; Y. Ivri, in Omer
(Tel Aviv) (Nisan 28 [= April 18], 1958); Yeshurin archive, YIVO (New York).
Berl Cohen
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