Zalman Shneour

Zalman Shneour
Shneour in 1949
Native name
זלמן שניאור
Born1887 (1887)
Shklow, Mogilev Uyezd, Mogilev Governorate, Russian Empire
Died20 February 1959 (aged 71–72)
New York City, U.S.
OccupationPoet, writer
LanguageYiddish, Hebrew

Zalman Shneour (Yiddish: זלמן שניאור; born Shneur Zalkind; 1887 – 20 February 1959) was a prolific Yiddish and Hebrew poet and writer. In 1955, he was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature.

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