Tag: Belarus

  • Novoyelnie (Nowojelnia / Наваельня)

    June walks around the forest with the sun / as if he held a red fruit in his mouth / and hangs onto every tree with love / and tenderly caresses every plant

  • About Borekh Gelman

    Borekh Gelman (1910-1941) was born in Widze (Vidzy) near Vilnius, now in Belarus. Gelman wrote for many publications including Di Naye Folks-tsaytung, Kleyne Folks-staytung, Yugnt-veker, Bokhnshrift, Foroys, Viner Tog, and Literarishe Bleter. He moved to Warsaw in 1936 and lived there until 1939. When the Nazis invaded Poland he escaped back to Widze, but was…