Rachel Boymvol

Rachel Boymvol in the early 1970s

Rachel Boymvol, sometimes spelled Baumwoll (Russian: Рахиль Львовна Баумволь, Yiddish: רחל בױמװאָל, Hebrew: רחל בוימוול, March 4, 1914, Odessa - June 16, 2000, Jerusalem) was a Soviet poet, children's book author, and translator who wrote in both Yiddish and Russian.[1][2][3][4][5][6] Because of the popularity of her Soviet children's books, they were translated into multiple languages. After 1971 she emigrated to Israel and published a number of books of poetry in Yiddish.

  1. ^ Encyclopaedia Judaica. New York: MacMillan. 1971. p. 440.
  2. ^ "К 100-летию со дня рождения Рахили Баумволь". expositions.nlr.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 12 September 2021.
  3. ^ Shnayderman, Sh. L. (1974). Tsuzamen zamlbukh far liṭeraṭur, ḳunsṭ, Yidishe problemen un doḳumenṭatsye (in Yiddish). Tel-Aviv: Y. L. Perets. p. 242.
  4. ^ Zak, Avraham (1973). In opshayn fun doyres̀ eseyen un dermanungen (in Yiddish). Buenos Aires: Alṿelṭlekher Yidisher ḳulṭur-ḳongres opṭeyl in Argenṭine. pp. 209–32.
  5. ^ "װעגן רחל בױמװאָל". אלמאנאך :יידישע שרייבער פון ירושלים (in Yiddish). 12: 196–9. 1981.
  6. ^ Estraikh, Gennady. "Boymvol, Rokhl". YIVO Encyclopedia. Retrieved 13 September 2021.