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A. Leyeles
(Aaron Glantz; Glanz)
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Born on 1 February 1889 in
Vlotslavek, Poland. He was raised in Lodz, where his
parents had moved, and where his father (who had from
time to time written in "HaMelits") was a teacher in the
artisan's Talmud Torah.
He received his first
education in the Talmud Torah and later
completed the artisan school in Lodz. In 1905 went
away to London, where he had for a time attended the
university and corresponded in an organ of S'S in Vilna,
"Der nayer veg."
1909 -- arrived in New York
and began to participate in various periodical
publications
with publicity-like and literary critical articles.
Since November 1914 he has
been one
of the internal main contributors of "Tog" in New York,
where he published publicity articles and political and
social themes, reviews and critical papers about Yiddish
and English books and theatre. For a certain time, L.
also was the official theatre critic for "Der tog" in
New York.
Among his books that he has
issued, one also finds: "Shelomoh Molkho, a dramatic poem
in ten scenes, Vilna publishing house of B.
Kletzkin, Vilna 1926" [104 pp., 16°. Previously printed
in New York's "Tsukunft"], "Osher lemlen, a drama in
eight scenes, Vilna publishing house of B. Kletzkin,
Vilna 1928" [99 pp., 16°. Previously printed in New
York's "Der hamer," February-April 1928]. |
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In the "Freie arbeiter
shtime" [15 April -- 24 June 1932], L. published his new
play "Ziger un bazigte (a drama in eleven scenes) by A.
Leyeles (Glantz)", from which he also printed fragments
in the "Literarishe bleter," introducing them with this
article "Vegn mayn nayer drame 'Trotsky' ("Literarishe
bleter", 19, 1932).
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Sh. Niger --
[article], "Tsukunft," N. Y., March 1927.
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B. Ts. Goldberg
-- Zind un derleyzung, "Der tog," N. Y., 11 June
1927.
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M. Olgin -- A.
leyeles, "Der hamer," N. Y., July 1927.
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Israel Stern --
Mkkh shlomo mulkhu, "Literarishe bleter,"
Warsaw, 17, 1927.
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Aaron Zeitlin --
Vegn tsvey drames, "Di yidishe velt," Warsaw, V,
1928.
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Kh. Frish -- Nokh
a moshiakh-piese, "Der moment," Warsaw, 15
February 1929.
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B. Ts. Goldberg
-- Tsvishn shreyber un bikher, "Der tog," N. Y.,
6 April 1929.
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Dr. Jacob Shatzky
-- Osher lemlen, "Di vokh," 7, 1930.
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N. Veynig -- Di
historishe drames fun a. leyeles, "Literarishe
bleter," Warsaw, 2, 1930.
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Y. Rapoport --
Leyeleses moshiakh-dramen, "Fraye shriftn," Warsaw, 10, 1930.
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Y. R. Brinman --
A. leyeles, "Di vogshol," Warsaw, 1931, pp.
12-16.
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