Yonah Spivak
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Born on 1 January 1886 in
Zharnishtsh (Zhornishche), Kiev Gubernia, Ukraine. He
received a Yiddish and secular education in Nemirov.
1907 -- immigrated to
America, where he began his journalistic activity in the
"Di varhayt", then worked in Chicago's "Idisher rekord",
in the Hebrew weekly "Haumh", Chicago's "Der idisher
kurier", "Di velt", "Der kunst-fraynd", and in the later
years as editorial member in Chicago's "Forward".
In November 1919 in
Chicago's Empire Theatre, there was staged S's drama in
four acts "Dos naye lebn" (which on 20 March 1925 was
staged in the translation, and under the direction of
the author in Russian in Milwaukee).
In February 1920 in
Chicago's Empire Theatre, there was staged his
dramatization of George Eliot's novel "Daniel Deronda".
Around the same time, there
was also staged his play "Oyfn dorf".
In 1932 in Vilna's Kletskin
publishing house, there was published S.'s dramatization
"R' Nachman Braslaver in geshtalt fun zeyn", from his "Meshh
mit di zibn betlers", R. Nakḥman Braslaver. mit an
araynfir vegn R. Nakhman Braslaver un zayne "Sipurey
Mayses" fun Sh. Niger." [164 + 82 pp., 16°]. |
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S. also had in manuscript a
dramatization of I. L. Peretz's "Monish".
M. E.
Sh. E. from
Kalman Marmor.
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Z. Reyzen --
"History of Yiddish Literature", Vol. II, pp.
690-91.
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Hyman L. Meites
-- "History of the Jews of Chicago", p. 362.
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Philip P. Brenson
-- R' nachman braslaver, "Chicago", Chicago,
February-March 1932.
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P. Wiernik --
Unzer fiel shprakhine literatur, "Morning
Journal", N. Y., 10 April 1932.
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Sh. Niger -- Di
meshh mit ziben betler's, "Der tog", N. Y., 5
June 1932, "Frimorgn", Riga, 14 July 1932.
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A. Ts. Ramanovsky
-- "Di khsrunut fun der velt, "Di post", London,
2-23 September, 7 October 1932.
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Hillel Rogoff --
"R' nachman braslaver un zeyne meshius",
"Forward", N Y., 4 December 1932.
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