Avrom Reisen

Avrom Reisen (1876–1953), writer, poet, and editor. Born in Koidanov, eastern Belorussia, Avrom Reyzen received a general and Jewish education. His father, Kalmen Reyzen, was a maskil and a writer, as were Avrom’s brother Zalmen and sister Sore.

Reyzen became a private tutor in his hometown and in surrounding communities, where he grew acquainted with the ideas of the Russian workers’ movement. His collection of poetry, Troyerike motivn gevidmet oreme layt (Sad Motifs Dedicated to the Poor), dealt with social themes and was published at the recommendation of Sholem Aleichem in Philadelphia’s Shtot tsaytung.

As a writer identifying with socialist ideology, Reyzen contributed to the Bund’s legal and illegal publications, often using the pseud

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