Dovid Hofshteyn
Dovid Hofshteyn | |
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| Born | June 12, 1889 Korostyshiv, Ukraine, Russian Empire |
| Died | August 12, 1952 (aged 63) Lubyanka Prison, Moscow, Russia |
| Occupation | Poet |
| Language | Yiddish |
| Literary movement | modernism |
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.