Asherovitsh, Hirsh ^{Person Individualisierte Person}

1908–1994 | The Lithuanian-Yiddish poet Hirsh Asherovitsh studied law at the Kovno (Kaunas) university and worked for various newspapers. He begann his literary career in 1934. In 1941 was published in Vilna (Vilnius) his firs book of poems "Baginen", confiscated by the Nazi occupants.After the war he was the "Eyinkayt"correspondent from Vilna. Arrested in 1949 and sentenced to 10 years prison, he was freed in 1956. Back in Vilna, he published his poems in the Journal "Sovetish heymland" until 1971, when he migrated to Israel. His literary work was also published in Russian and Hebrew.