Melech Ravitch

Melech Ravitch
Melech Ravitch (second from right), with Mendl Elkin, Peretz Hirschbein, Uri Zvi Greenberg, Peretz Markish and I. J. Singer in 1922.
Melech Ravitch (second from right), with Mendl Elkin, Peretz Hirschbein, Uri Zvi Greenberg, Peretz Markish and I. J. Singer in 1922.
BornZechariah Choneh Bergner
(1893-11-27)27 November 1893
Redem, Galicia, Austria-Hungary
Died20 August 1976(1976-08-20) (aged 82)
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
OccupationWriter, literary scholar, poet, historian of literature
LanguageYiddish
Notable worksDi Lider fun mayne lider ('The Poems of My Poems', 1954)
Spouse
  • Fanya Hartstein
  • Rachel Eisenberg
ChildrenYosl Bergner (son)
RelativesHerz 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.[1]

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