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Leib Malach
Leib Salzman (; November 27, 1894 – June 18, 1936), known by the pen name Leib Malach (, ), was a History of the Jews in Poland, Polish-Jewish writer, playwright, and poet, who wrote primarily in Yiddish. Biography Malach was born in Zwoleń, Russian Empire. He learned at a cheder from age seven to nine, and then at a beth midrash, until mother died when he was ten. His father, Rafael-Mendl Zaltsman, an Amshinov Hasid, abandoned him and remarried. He was then raised by his maternal grandfather, Chaim Tenenboym, a dayan (rabbinic judge), dayan. He became an assistant teacher in his hometown, and later in Radom. Time in Warsaw Malach moved to Warsaw in 1907 at the age of 13, working several odd jobs as a mirror cutter, baker, housepainter, and wallpaperer. He took an interest in writing from Yiddish newspapers and theatre at the age of 16. Hersh Dovid Nomberg helped start his writing career, beginning with the ballad ''Three'' in 1915. He took the surname Malach from his mother's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zwoleń
Zwoleń ( ''Zvolin'') is a town in eastern Poland, in Masovian Voivodeship, about east of Radom. It is the capital of Zwoleń County. Population is 8,048 (2009). Zwoleń belongs to Sandomierz Land of the historic province of Lesser Poland, and is located on the Zwoleńka river. History The history of the town dates back to the early 15th century, when Zwoleń was founded on a privilege issued by King Władysław II Jagiełło. The first wójt was Jan Cielątko. Zwoleń was a royal town of Poland, administratively located in the Radom County in the Sandomierz Voivodeship in the Lesser Poland Province of the Polish Crown. In the 16th century, it already was a center of local trade, located along the road from Lublin to Radom and Greater Poland. In 1566–1575, Polish Renaissance poet and writer Jan Kochanowski worked at a local Roman Catholic parish. Kochanowski, who died in Lublin, was buried in the local Holy Cross church. During the Swedish invasion known as the Deluge (165 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
