Wednesday 26 October 2016

MAKS TENEN (MAX TENNEN)

MAKS TENEN (MAX TENNEN) (b. March 3, 1871)
            He was born in Bilkamin (Belyy Kamen), Galicia.  He studied in religious primary school and engaged in a variety of trades.  In 1889 he moved to the United States.  In book form: Tsvey veltn, 18 yor in eyrope, 48 yor in amerike, a bazukh in 12 eyropeyishe hoypt-shtet (Two worlds, eighteen years in Europe, forty-eight years in America, a journey to twelve European capitals) (New York, 1937), 166 pp.

Berl Kagan, comp., Leksikon fun yidish-shraybers (Biographical dictionary of Yiddish writers) (New York, 1986), col. 284.


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