Dovid Hofshteyn

Dovid Hofshteyn (Yiddish: דוד האָפשטיין Dovid Hofshteyn, Russian: Давид Гофштейн; June 12, 1889 in Korostyshiv – August 12, 1952), also transliterated as David Hofstein, was a Yiddish poet. He was one of the 13 Jewish intellectuals executed on the Night of the Murdered Poets.

Dovid Hofshteyn
Born(1889-06-12)June 12, 1889
Korostyshiv, Ukraine, Russian Empire
DiedAugust 12, 1952(1952-08-12) (aged 63)
Lubyanka Prison, Moscow, Russia
OccupationPoet
LanguageYiddish
Literary movementmodernism
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