Leyzer Volf (Yiddish: לייזער וואָלף; born Eliezer Mekler; 1910, in Šnipiškės, Vilnius – April 1943, in Shakhrisabz) was a Yiddish poet and writer of the Yung-Vilne movement, best remembered for his poems Black Pearls (1939), Lyric and satire (1940), and Brown Beast (1943).[2][3][4][5]
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Native name | לייזער וואלף |
Born | Eliezer Mekler 1910 (1910) Šnipiškės, Vilnius, Vilnius Governorate, Russian Empire (present-day Lithuania) |
Died | 1944 (aged 33–34) Shakhrisabz, Uzbek SSR (present-day Uzbekistan)[1] |
Occupation | Poet, writer |
Language | Yiddish |
Nationality | Russian |
Volf's father was a house painter and his mother was a housewife.[6] He was the fourth child in his family.[6] He was sent to cheder at age four, but quickly left after being shocked by the way the rabbi treated the children, after which he was taught privately at home by a melamed.[6] Later on he would study at a secular Jewish folk school in Vilnius and attend a youth camp for weak children; throughout this period he kept a large distance from other children and did not have many friends.[6] Already in school he was considered to be an excellent writer and an avid reader.[6]
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