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Leivik (Leon) Chanukoff (February 3, 1893-September 24, 1958) was a Yiddish-language writer and sculptor.
Biography
[edit]Chanukoff was born in Olchovo, Russia and immigrated to America in 1914.[1] He began writing in Russian before switching to Yiddish around 1916.[2] In 1934, Abraham Aaron Roback described him and Baruch Glasman, as the two best young Yiddish writers working at that time.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ "Necrology: United States". American Jewish Year Book. 61: 415. 1960.
- ^ "the Congress for Jewish Culture". congressforjewishculture.org. Retrieved 2024-05-12.
- ^ Roback, A. A. (1934). "Yiddish Writing in America". Books Abroad. 8 (1): 16. doi:10.2307/40074833.
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