SH.
Y. ZAKS (February 9, 1887-August 13, 1966)
The adopted name of Sholem Zak (or Z”k),
he was born in the village of Shamrivke, Kiev district, Ukraine. He was raised in Skvir (Skvyra) where he
studied with his father, later in the yeshivas of Berdichev and Zhitomir. From there he departed for the United States,
studied law in Cincinnati where from 1918 he practiced as a lawyer, and
participated in the socialist movement.
From 1912 he was publishing poetry and feature pieces in: Idishe arbeter velt (World of Jewish
labor) in Chicago; Idishe velt (Jewish
world) in Cleveland and Philadelphia; Kalifornyer
idishe shtime (Jewish voice of California), Der baginen (The dawn), and Literarishe
khodesh-heftn (Monthly literary notebooks) in Los Angeles; Idishe vekhter (Jewish watchman) in Cleveland;
and Yidishes tageblat (Jewish daily
newspaper), Di tsayt (The times), Millers vokhnshrift (Miller’s weekly
writing), Di naye post (The new
mail), and other serials in New York. He
published, 1915-1916, in Cincinnati a humorous-satirical magazine, Di rut (The rod). He also published humorous-satirical poetry
in an English-language newspaper in Cincinnati.
He died in Cincinnati.
Source:
Zalmen Reyzen, Leksikon, vol. 1
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