Melech Ravitch
Melech Ravitch | |
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Melech Ravitch (second from right), with Mendl Elkin, Peretz Hirschbein, Uri Zvi Greenberg, Peretz Markish and I. J. Singer in 1922. | |
| Born | Zechariah Choneh Bergner 27 November 1893 |
| Died | 20 August 1976 (aged 82) Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
| Occupation | Writer, literary scholar, poet, historian of literature |
| Language | Yiddish |
| Notable works | Di Lider fun mayne lider ('The Poems of My Poems', 1954) |
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| Children | Yosl Bergner (son) |
| Relatives | Herz Bergner (brother) |
Zechariah Choneh Bergner (Yiddish: זכריה חנא בערגנער, romanized: Zekharye Khone Bergner; 27 November 1893 – 20 August 1976), better known by his pen name Melech Ravitch (Yiddish: מלך ראַוויטש), was a Yiddish poet and essayist. Ravitch was one of the world's leading Yiddish literary figures both before and after the Holocaust. His poetry and essays appeared in the international Yiddish press and in anthologies, as well as in translation.