Peretz Markish

Peretz Markish
Left to right: Moishe Broderzon, Peretz Markish, Alter Kacyzne
Born
Peretz Davidovich Markish

7 December 1895 (25 November OS)
Died12 August 1952
Lubyanka Prison, Moscow, Soviet Union
NationalityJewish

Peretz Davidovich Markish (Yiddish: פּרץ מאַרקיש) (Russian: Перец Давидович Маркиш) (7 December [O.S. 25 November] 1895 12 August 1952) was a Russian Jewish poet and playwright who wrote predominantly in Yiddish.