Platner, Ayzek (1895–1961), poet and
writer. Ayzek Platner was born in Sokolow Podlaski, Poland. His
poetry first appeared in 1919. From 1920 he lived in Kaunas, where he
worked as a tailor, and in 1927 he immigrated to the United States,
worked as a teacher, and was a member of the Union Square and
Proletpen literary groups. In 1932, he moved to Minsk to work at the
newspaper Oktyabr. During World War II, he lived in Saransk and then
returned to Minsk. Platner was banished to the gulag from 1948 to
1956 and once again returned to Minsk. He published more than 10
books of poetry and prose, both in Yiddish and in translations into
Russian and Belorussian.
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| Ajzek Płatner, first from the right, and Baruch Winogóra 3rd from the right |
Tsanin, Mordkhe (1906–?), writer and
journalist. Born in Sokolow Podlaski, Poland, from 1921 Mordkhe
Tsanin lived in Warsaw and worked for the Central Yiddish School
Organization (TSYSHO). He published short stories, novels in
installments, and literary criticism in the left-wing Yiddish press;
two collections of his stories were issued in Warsaw in 1933 and
1935. A prolific writer and journalist, he has lived in Israel since
1941.
