Yiddish Writers From Ukraine
This map shows villages, towns and cities in present-day Ukraine where Yiddish writers were born, lived or worked.
The war in Ukraine has brought into the headlines the names of many towns and cities that are intimately connected to the story of modern Yiddish creativity and culture. The territory of modern Ukraine has been home to thousands of Yiddish writers, journalists, editors, actors, playwrights, singers, musicians, and cultural activists. Their ties to their homeland, and their feelings about it, have varied widely, but many of them have felt an affinity and affection for the country, the land, and the people. As an expression of solidarity with the people of Ukraine, as they fight for their freedom and the right to express their own identity, we have created this map and the accompanying list of Yiddish writers who were born or lived or worked in Ukraine.
An * after a name indicates that the person was born in this town or city.
Berdychiv
Der Nister*
Y. Y. Lerner
Boryslav
Moyshe Gross*
Boyarka
Arn Kushnirov*
Buchach
Shmuel Yosef Agnon*
Buky
Moyshe Khashtshevatski*
Burshtyn
Dvoyre Fogel*
Busk
Dovid Kenigsberg*
Chernivtsi
Iosif Burg
Meir Kharats
Itzik Manger
Beyle Schaechter-Gottesman
Eliezer Steinbarg
Demydivka
A. Lutsky*
Drohobych
Jonas Kreppel*
Haisyn
Yoysef Kerler*
Holoskove
Leib Kvitko*
Ivankiv
Rashel Veprinski*
Kharkiv
Leib Kvitko
Der Nister
Khorostkiv
Blume Lempel*
Komariv
Leyzer Podryatshik*
Korosten
Eliezer Schechtman*
Korostyshev
Dovid Hofshteyn*
Krasne
Shike Driz*
Kropyvnytskyi
Jacob Gordin
Kyiv
Dovid Bergelson
Meir Blinkin
Yekheskl Dobrushin
Binyumen Gutyanski
Dovid Hofshteyn*
Arn Kushnirov*
Leib Kvitko*
Peretz Markish*
Sholem Aleichem
Lanivtsi
Rokhl Auerbach*
Lubny
Sholem Aleichem
Lutsk
Avrom-Moyshe Abtshuk*
Lviv
Israel Ashendorf
Dvoyre Fogel
Yankev Mestel
Moyshe Shimel*
Lystove
Shira Gorshman
Medzhybizh
Micha Josef Berdyczewski*
Monasterzyska
Malka Lee*
Myrhorod
Jacob Gordin*
Nemyriv
Israel Aksenfeld*
Nikopol
Khayim Gildin*
Nizhyn
Mani Leib*
Novovitebsk
Yankev Glantz*
Odesa
Hirsh Bloshteyn
Rokhl Boymvol*
Rokhl Faygnberg
Leon Feinberg
Shimen Frug*
Jacob Gordin
Y. Y. Lerner
Peretz Markish
Mark Varshavski*
Mendele Moykher Sforim
Ozerna
Avrom-Moyshe Fuks*
Pidlisky
Rokhl Korn*
Pereiaslav
Meir Blinkin*
Sholem Aleichem*
Polonne
Peretz Markish*
Radomyshl
Rive Balyasne
Dora Shulner*
Rivne
Benjamin Gebiner*
Sarny
Dovid Bergelson*
Sasiv
Nahum Bomze*
Shmuel Yankev Imber*
Shpola
Itzik Fefer*
Skala-Podilska
Fradl Shtok*
Starokonstantinov
Avrom Goldfaden*
Trostyanets
Mendl Osherovitch*
Uhniv
Yankev Shudrikh*
Uman
Ezra Fininberg*
Rabbi Nachman of Breslov
Vinnystsia
Hayim Nahman Bialik*
Vyzhnytsya
Iosif Burg*
Zhytomyr
Avrom Goldfaden
Zloczow
Moyshe-Leyb Halpern*
Yankev Mestel*
Map devised and compiled by David Mazower and created by Emily Mazza based on a Creative Commons image "Novi raiony" by Skoropadsky, used under CC BY-SA 4.0. Web page text by Sarah Biskowitz. Proofreading by Alexandra Polyan. Additional assistance from Rachelle Grossman. Enhanced by suggestions and contributions from Asya Vaisman Schulman, Karolina Szymaniak, Philip Schwartz, Justin Cammy, Ellen Cassedy, Joyce Rappaport, David Goldberg, Susanne Klingenstein, Michael Alpert, Daniel Strum, Maia Evrona, Rose Waldman, Henry Sapoznik, and Alexandra Polyan.
